Acts 25:10 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 25:10

Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

BSB

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ASV

But Paul said, I am standing before Cæsar’s judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.

KJV

Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat - Every procurator represented the person of the emperor in the province over which he presided; and, as the seat of government was at Caesarea, and Paul was now before the tribunal on which the emperor’s representative sat, he could say, with the strictest propriety, that he stood before Caesar’s judgment seat, where, as a freeman of Rome, he should be tried.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I am standing at Caesar's judgment seat - For all the courts of the Roman governors were held in the name of the emperor, and by commission from him. No man can give me up - He expresses it modestly: the meaning is, Thou canst not. I appeal to Caesar - Which any Roman citizen might do before sentence was passed.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsar's judgment seat--that is, I am already before the proper tribunal. This seems to imply that he understood Festus to propose handing him over to the Sanhedrim for judgment (and see on Ac 25:11), with a mere promise of protection from him.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἶπεν	eipen	Said	G2036 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Παῦλος·	Paulos	Paul;	G3972 →
ἐπὶ	epi	Before	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
βήματος	bēmatos	judgment seat	G968 →
Καίσαρος	Kaisaros	of Caesar	G2541 →
ἑστώς	hestōs	standing	G2476 →
εἰμι,	eimi	I am,	G1510 →
οὗ	hou	where	G3757 →
με	me	me	G3165 →
δεῖ	dei	it behooves	G1163 →
κρίνεσθαι.	krinesthai	to be judged.	G2919 →
Ἰουδαίους	Ioudaious	To [the] Jews	G2453 →
οὐδὲν	ouden	no [thing]	G3762 →
ἠδίκησα,	ēdikēsa	I have done wrong,	G91 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
σὺ	su	you yourself	G4771 →
κάλλιον	kallion	very well	G2566 →
ἐπιγινώσκεις·	epiginōskeis	know;	G1921 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:17
  For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:3–5
  For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
- 2 Corinthians 5:11
  Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13–15
  For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 6:4–7
  Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
Through
Acts 26:31
On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
leads to
- Acts 23:29
  I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Acts 23:9
  A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 27:18
For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:4
  Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

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06About Acts

Where the connections lead

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Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Acts