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Acts 26:31
and when they had left they talked with each other and said,“ This man is not doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment.”
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Acts 18:15
But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
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Acts 25:25
I found that he had not done anything deserving of death, but when he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
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Acts 28:18
After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
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Acts 23:6-9
When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin,“ Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit, but the Pharisees affirm them all.The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party got up and argued vehemently,“ We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
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Acts 25:19-20
Instead they had some disagreements with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, a dead man Paul claimed to be alive.Since I was at a loss in a dispute over such things, I asked him if he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding these matters.
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Acts 25:7-8
When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove.Then Paul made his defense:“ Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.”
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Acts 24:5-6
For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.He even tried to desecrate the temple, and so we apprehended him. By examining him yourself you will be able to discern the truth about these charges we are bringing against him.”
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Acts 25:11
If then I did anything wrong and am deserving of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
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Acts 24:10-21
When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied,“ Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.You can verify for yourself that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.They didn’t find me arguing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.Neither can they prove the charges they are now making against me.But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.I always strive to have a clear conscience toward God and men.After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my people.While I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,other than this one statement I shouted while standing among them,‘ Today I am on trial before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”