Acts 28:18
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Acts 28:18 in other translations
| BSB | They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me. |
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| WEB | who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me. |
| ASV | who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me. |
| YLT | who, having examined me, were wishing to release me, because of their being no cause of death in me, |
| DARBY | who having examined me were minded to let me go, because there was nothing worthy of death in me. |
| BBE | Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me. |
| Webster | Who when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. |
What does Acts 28:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 28:17-20
17-20. Paul called the chief of the Jews together--Though banished from the capital by Claudius, the Jews enjoyed the full benefit of the toleration which distinguished the first period of Nero's reign, and were at this time in considerable numbers, wealth, and influence settled at Rome. We have seen that long before this a flourishing Christian Church existed at Rome, to which Paul wrote his Epistle (see on Ac…
Barnes' Notes
No cause of death. No crime worthy of death.
(k) "Who" Acts 24:10, 26:31
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 28:17-22
It was for the honour of Paul that those who examined his case, acquitted him. In his appeal he sought not to accuse his nation, but only to clear himself. True Christianity settles what is of common concern to all mankind, and is not built upon narrow opinions and private interests. It aims at no worldly benefit or advantage, but all its gains are spiritual and eternal. It is, and always has been, the lot of…
Acts 28:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 28:18
- Acts 26:31-32
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cesar.
- 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 22:24-25
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
- Acts 22:30
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
- Acts 24:10
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
- Acts 25:7-8
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I offended any thing at all.
- Acts 24:22
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
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Context
- Acts 28:17
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
- Acts 28:18
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
- Acts 28:19
But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
Acts 28:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los cuales, habiéndome examinado, me querían soltar, por no haber en mí ninguna causa de muerte. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | qui, après m’avoir interrogé, voulaient me relâcher, parce qu’il n’y avait en moi aucun crime digne de mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | welche, nachdem sie mich verhört hatten, mich loslassen wollten, weil keine Ursache des Todes an mir war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui cum interrogationem de me habuissent, voluerunt me dimittere, eo quod nulla esset causa mortis in me. |