⁵ “Therefore,” he said, “let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man, to see ^(A)if there is any fault in him.”

²⁵ But when I found that ^(A)he had committed nothing deserving of death, ^(B)and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him.

¹⁸ When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation against him of such things as I ^[a]supposed, ^19 (A)but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

^16 (A)To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man ^[a]to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’

^29 (A)Pilate then went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”

³⁰ They answered and said to him, “If He were not ^[a]an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”

^8 (A)commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”

¹⁴ And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you.

¹¹ Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is ^(A)neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you ^(B)hunt my life to take it. ^12 (C)Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.