¹⁶ To them I answered, ’It is not in the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die before he that is accused has the accusers face to face, and has license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.’

¹⁷ Therefore when they had come hither, without any delay on the morrow, I sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought forth,

¹⁸ against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed,