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Thursday, November 28th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Acts 28:18

"After they had interrogated me, they were ready to release me because I was not guilty of any offense deserving death.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nero;   Ships and Boats;   Vulgate;   King James Dictionary - About;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 11 To Desire, Will, Purpose;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Examine;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
They asked me many questions, but they could not find any reason why I should be put to death. So they wanted to let me go free.
Revised Standard Version
When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Which when they had examined me wolde have let me goo because they founde no cause of deeth in me.
Hebrew Names Version
who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
International Standard Version
They examined me and wanted to let me go because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.Acts 22:24; 24:10; 25:8; 26:31;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
"And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there were no grounds for putting me to death.
New Century Version
After they asked me many questions, they could find no reason why I should be killed. They wanted to let me go free,
Update Bible Version
who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Who when they had examined me, would have let [me] go, because there was no cause of death in me.
English Standard Version
When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
World English Bible
who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Who having examined me, were willing to have released me, because there was no cause of death in me.
Weymouth's New Testament
They, after they had sharply questioned me, were willing to set me at liberty, because they found no offence in me for which I deserve to die.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei hadden axid of me, wolden haue delyuerid me, for that no cause of deth was in me.
English Revised Version
who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.
Berean Standard Bible
They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
Contemporary English Version
They looked into the charges against me and wanted to release me. They found that I had not done anything deserving death.
American Standard Version
who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.
Bible in Basic English
Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.
Complete Jewish Bible
They examined me and were ready to release me, because I had done nothing to justify a death sentence.
Darby Translation
who having examined me were minded to let me go, because there was nothing worthy of death in me.
Etheridge Translation
And they who examined me willed to dismiss me, because they found not in me any fault worthy of death.
Murdock Translation
and they, when they had examined me, were disposed to release me, because they found in me no offence deserving death.
King James Version (1611)
Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.
New Living Translation
The Romans tried me and wanted to release me, because they found no cause for the death sentence.
New Life Bible
I was put on trial, but they found no reason to put me to death. They would have let me go free.
New Revised Standard
When they had examined me, the Romans wanted to release me, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.
George Lamsa Translation
Who, when they had examined me, would have released me, because they found in me no cause worthy of death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
who, indeed, when they had examined me, were minded to set me at liberty, because there was, nothing worthy of death, in me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who, when they had examined me, would have released me, for that there was no cause of death in me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which when they had examined me, woulde haue let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Good News Translation
After questioning me, the Romans wanted to release me, because they found that I had done nothing for which I deserved to die.
Christian Standard Bible®
After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
King James Version
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Lexham English Bible
who, when they had examined me, were wanting to release me, because there was no basis for an accusation worthy of death with me.
Literal Translation
who examining me were of a mind to let me go, because no cause of death was in me.
Young's Literal Translation
who, having examined me, were wishing to release [me], because of their being no cause of death in me,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which wha they had examyned me, wolde haue let me go, for so moch as there was no cause of death i me.
Mace New Testament (1729)
who, after my examination, would have discharg'd me, as having done nothing that was capital.
New English Translation
When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
New King James Version
who, when they had examined me, wanted to let me go, because there was no cause for putting me to death.
Simplified Cowboy Version
After a trial, the Romans found me not guilty.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

Contextual Overview

17Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Kinsmen, though I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our fathers, yet I was turned over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18"After they had interrogated me, they were ready to release me because I was not guilty of any offense deserving death.19"But when the Jews objected [to my release], I was forced to appeal to Caesar (Emperor Nero), not because I had any charge to make against my nation. 20"For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel (the Messiah, the resurrection) that I am bound with this chain." 21They said to him, "We have not received [any] letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the [Jewish] brothers come here and reported or said anything bad about you. 22"But we would like to hear from you what your views are [that is, exactly what you believe]; for in regard to this sect (Christianity), we are fully aware that it is denounced everywhere."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 22:24, Acts 22:25, Acts 22:30, Acts 24:10, Acts 24:22, Acts 25:7, Acts 25:8, Acts 26:31

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:20 - lest Acts 25:10 - as thou Acts 26:32 - appealed

Cross-References

Genesis 22:3
So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and then he got up and went to the place of which God had told him.
Genesis 28:10
Now Jacob left Beersheba [never to see his mother again] and traveled toward Haran.
Genesis 28:12
He dreamed that there was a ladder (stairway) placed on the earth, and the top of it reached [out of sight] toward heaven; and [he saw] the angels of God ascending and descending on it [going to and from heaven].
Genesis 31:13
'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you made a vow to Me; now stand up, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"
Genesis 31:45
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a [memorial] pillar.
Genesis 35:14
Jacob set up a pillar (memorial, monument) in the place where he had talked with God, a pillar of stone, and he poured a drink offering [of wine] on it; he also poured oil on it [to declare it sacred for God's purpose].
Genesis 35:20
Jacob set a pillar (memorial, monument) on her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
Numbers 7:1
On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it and all its furniture, and the altar and all its utensils; he also anointed them and consecrated them [for holy use].
1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and he named it Ebenezer (stone of help), saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us."
2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a memorial pillar which is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He named the memorial pillar after himself, and to this day it is called Absalom's Monument.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who when they had examined me,.... About the things laid to his charge, had heard what his accusers had to object to him, and the defence he made for himself:

would have let [me] go; released him from his bonds, and set him at liberty to go where he pleased:

because there was no cause of death in me; no crime proved upon him, which was worthy of death; and this was the sense of Lysias the chief captain, and of Felix and Festus the Roman governors, and of King Agrippa.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When they had examined me ... - Acts 24:10-27; Acts 25:0; Acts 26:31-32.

No cause of death - No crime worthy of death.


 
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