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 am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see.

Then they brought forward false witnesses, who said, "This man is constantly saying things against this holy place and against the Law,

Paul looked steadily at the council and said, "Brothers, I have done my duty to God with a perfectly clear conscience up to this very day."

and actually tried to desecrate the Temple, but we caught him.

Three days later, he invited the leading 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 I was turned over to the Romans as a prisoner at Jerusalem.

For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.

General references

"This fellow," they said, "is trying to induce people to worship God in ways that are against the law."

and they have never found me debating with anyone in the Temple, or creating a disturbance among the people in the synagogues or about the city,

They examined me and were ready to let me go, as I was innocent of any crime that deserved death.