¹⁰ And Paul said, I am before the seat of Caesar's authority where it is right for me to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you are well able to see.

¹⁸ For he saw that for envy they had given him up.

¹⁸ Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

³¹ And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

²⁵ But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

¹⁷ So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

⁶ And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

²⁹ Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

²⁵ And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?

²⁶ And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

²⁷ And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

²⁸ And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.

³⁷ But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

³⁸ And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

²³ And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

² And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.