Acts 25:27

for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

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For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'