Acts 26:31
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts 26:31 in other translations
| BSB | On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.” |
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| WEB | When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.” |
| ASV | and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. |
| YLT | and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying--‘This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;' |
| DARBY | and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. |
| BBE | And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison. |
| Webster | And when they had gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, or of bonds. |
What does Acts 26:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 26:30-32
30-32. when he had thus spoken, the king rose--not over-easy, we may be sure.
Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 26:24-32
It becomes us, on all occasions, to speak the words of truth and soberness, and then we need not be troubled at the unjust censures of men. Active and laborious followers of the gospel often have been despised as dreamers or madmen, for believing such doctrines and such wonderful facts; and for attesting that the same faith and diligence, and an experience like their own, are necessary to all men, whatever their…
Acts 26:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 26:31
- Acts 23:29
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
- Acts 23:9
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
- Acts 28:18
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
- Luke 23:4
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
- Acts 25:25
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
- Luke 23:14-15
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
- 1 Peter 3:16
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
- 1 Peter 4:14-16
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
- 2 Samuel 24:17
And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.
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Context
- Acts 26:30
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
- Acts 26:31
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
- Acts 26:32
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cesar.
Acts 26:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como se retiraron aparte, hablaban los unos á los otros, diciendo: Ninguna cosa digna ni de muerte, ni de prisión, hace este hombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et quand ils se furent retirés, ils conférèrent entre eux, disant: Cet homme ne fait rien qui soit digne de mort ou de liens. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als sie sich zurückgezogen hatten, redeten sie miteinander und sagten: Dieser Mensch tut nichts, was des Todes oder der Bande wert wäre. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et cum secessissent, loquebantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quia nihil morte aut vinculis dignum quid fecit homo iste. |