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Acts 25:8

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25:8Paul said in his defense,25 “I have committed no offense26 against the Jewish law27 or against the temple or against Caesar.”28

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  1. 25 Grk “Paul saying in his defense”; the participle ἀπολογουμένου (apologoumenou) could be taken temporally (“when Paul said …”), but due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the participle was translated as a finite verb and a new sentence begun here in the translation. ἀπολογέομαι has “W. ὅτι foll. τοῦ Παύλου ἀπολογουμένου, ὅτι when Paul said in his defense (direct quot. foll.) Ac 25:8.”
  2. 26 Grk “I have sinned … in nothing.”
  3. 27 Grk “against the law of the Jews.” Here τῶν Ἰουδαίων has been translated as an attributive genitive. The Jewish law refers to the law of Moses.
  4. 28 Or “against the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor). Paul’s threefold claim to be innocent with respect to the law … the temple and Caesar argues that he has not disturbed the peace at any level. This was the standard charge made against early Christians (Luke 23:2; Acts 17:6–7). The charges here are emphatically denied, with the Greek conjunction oute repeated before each charge.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Paul made his defense: “Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Paul denied the charges. “I am not guilty of any crime against the Jewish laws or the Temple or the Roman government,” he said.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

while Paul said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I sinned with reference to anything!”

KJV 1900King James Version

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.