³¹ And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, ^(A)“This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.”

²⁹ I found that he was being accused ^(A)about questions of their law, but ^(B)charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.

⁹ Then a great clamor arose, and some of ^(A)the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, ^(B)“We find nothing wrong in this man. What ^(C)if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”

¹⁸ When they had examined me, they ^(A)wished to set me at liberty, ^(B)because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

^14 (A)If you are insulted ^(B)for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory^[a] and of God rests upon you. ¹⁵ But ^(C)let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or ^(D)as a meddler. ¹⁶ Yet ^(E)if anyone suffers as a ^(F)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God ^(G)in that name.

^16 (A)having a good conscience, so that, ^(B)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

²⁵ But I found that ^(A)he had done nothing deserving death. And ^(B)as he himself appealed to ^(C)the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.

¹⁴ and said to them, “You brought me this man ^(A)as one who was misleading the people. And ^(B)after examining him before you, behold, I ^(C)did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. ¹⁵ Neither did Herod, for ^(D)he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.

⁴ Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, ^(A)“I find no guilt in this man.”