¹⁰ But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

¹⁸ For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

¹⁸ who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.

³¹ When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

²⁵ But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.

¹⁷ When therefore they had come together here, I didn't delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

⁶ When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

²⁹ I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

²⁵ When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"

²⁶ When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!"

²⁷ The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."

²⁸ The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."

³⁷ But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most assuredly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"

³⁸ The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

²³ But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

² But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.