Acts 25:8

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Summary

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

Neither

General references

Acts 18:13

Acts 24:12

Acts 28:18

Bible References

Neither

But Paul said, "I now am standing before the emperor's court where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you very well know.

Then they put up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place and against the law,

Paul fixed his eyes upon the council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty to God up to this very day."

once he tried to desecrate the temple, but we arrested him,

Three days later, he invited the leading men of the Jews to come to see him, and when they came, he said to them, "Brothers, I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our forefathers; yet at Jerusalem I was turned over to the Romans as a prisoner.

For my boast is this, to which my conscience testifies, that before the world, but especially before you, I have acted from pure motives and in sincerity before God, not depending on worldly wisdom but on God's unmerited favor.

General references

and said, "This fellow is inducing people to worship God in ways that violate our laws."

and they have never found me debating with anybody in the temple nor making a disturbance in the synagogues or about the city,

After examining me the Romans wanted to set me free, because I was innocent of any crime that deserved the death penalty.