¹⁶ But I answered, ‘When a man is accused of a crime, ·Romans do not [^Lit is not a custom for Romans to] hand him over until he has been allowed to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.’ ¹⁷ So when these people came here ·to Caesarea for the trial [^Lwith me], I did not ·waste time [postpone/delay the case]. The next day I sat on the ·judge’s seat [tribunal] and commanded that the man be brought in. ¹⁸ ·They stood up and accused him [^LThe accusers stood up (to speak)], but not of any ·serious crime [evil deeds] as I ·thought they would [expected].