Acts 25:16
To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.
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Genesis 39:19And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.
Deuteronomy 19:17Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;
Proverbs 18:17The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.
Acts 23:30And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.
Acts 26:1And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:
Matthew Henry on Acts 25:14-27
Agrippa's Visit to Festus; Paul Arraigned before Agrippa. 13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus. 14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix: 15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. 16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before… Read the whole commentary →