Acts 25:16
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
KJV
πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος Ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος.
Greek NT
Ad quos respondi : Quia non est Romanis consuetudo damnare aliquem hominem priusquam is qui accusatur præsentes habeat accusatores, locumque defendendi accipiat ad abluenda crimina.
Vulgate
To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defence concerning the matter laid against him.
ASV
To whom I answered: it is not the custom of the Romans to condemn any man, before that he who is accused have his accusers present and have liberty to make his answer, to clear himself of the things laid to his charge.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
25 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἄνθρωπον — SBLGNT
- ἄνθρωπον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + εἰς ἀπώλειαν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 5:19 — Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- Acts 22:25 — 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 23:30 — And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
- Acts 23:30 — And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
- Acts 23:35 — I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
- Acts 25:4 — But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
- Acts 25:5 — Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
- Deut 19:17 — Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
- John 7:51 — Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
- Prov 18:17 — He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.