¹⁸ They examined me^(A) and wanted to release me,^(B) because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.^(C)

³¹ After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”^(A)

³² Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free^(B) if he had not appealed to Caesar.”^(C)

²⁴ the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.^(A) He directed^(B) that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. ²⁵ As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”^(C)

⁷ When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him,^(A) but they could not prove them.^(B)

⁸ Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple^(C) or against Caesar.”