Acts 25:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Paul replied, "I am [already] standing before a court of Caesar's authority, where I deserve to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.

They had arranged for the false witnesses to say, "This man will not stop speaking against the Temple and the law of Moses,

Paul [then] looked intently at the Council [i.e., the Jewish supreme court called the "Sanhedrin"] and spoke [in his defense]: "Brothers, I have lived before God with a good conscience all my life."

We arrested him, for he attempted to desecrate [even] the Temple {{Some ancient manuscripts add verse

And it happened after three days that Paul called together those who were the leading Jews, and when they assembled he said to them, "Brothers, although I had done nothing against the [Jewish] people or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was made a prisoner at Jerusalem, being placed in the custody of the Romans [while there].

For this is what we boast of: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and godly sincerity, not with human wisdom, but with the favor of God.

General references

and said [about him], "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law [of Moses]."

[While there] I was not observed arguing with anyone or trying to stir up a crowd [to riot] in the Temple or in the synagogues or [anywhere else] in the city.

After questioning me, they wanted to release me because they could not find any grounds for sentencing me to death.