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Acts 25:11 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Acts 25:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Acts chapter 25 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.”
Acts 25:11 (KJV)
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For if I be an offender... I refuse not to die—Paul's conditional statement demonstrates both submission to legitimate authority and confidence in his innocence. The Greek 'paraitoumai' (refuse, decline) shows willingness to accept just punishment if guilty. This isn't bravado but principled submission to lawful execution.But if there be none of these things... no man may deliver me unto them—Paul asserts that his innocence prohibits political compromise. Then comes the momentous declaration: I appeal unto Caesar (Καίσαρα ἐπικαλοῦμαι, Kaisara epikaloumai). This Latin provocatio ad Caesarem was...
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Cross-References for Acts 25:11
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“I was constrained to appeal to Caesar”
“This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
“and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.”
“my God”
“I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.,But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.,,,,,,,,”
“and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.”
“and drove us out”
“God”
“They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”
“I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me”