Bible Strands
Acts 25:8
Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul stands before Governor Festus immediately after Jewish accusers from Jerusalem present unproven charges against him.
The words — ἀπολογουμένου (apologoumenou) literally means "presenting a defense," and οὔτε...εἰς (oute...eis) structures his categorical denial of wrongdoing against the Jewish law, the temple, and Caesar.
The thread — This claim parallels his earlier testimony in Acts 24:12 that accusers found no temple disturbance or crowd-riling, and it sets up his later appeal to Caesar in Acts 28:17.
Why it lands — It requires a reader to see that Paul’s defense rests on documented legal innocence across Jewish, religious, and Roman jurisdictions, leaving his prosecutors without factual grounds.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Acts 24:12 Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
- Acts 28:17 After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
- Jeremiah 37:18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
- Acts 6:13 where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
- Acts 28:21 The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
- Genesis 40:15 For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
- Daniel 6:22 My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- Acts 23:1 Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
- Acts 24:6 and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.