Acts 25:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ When I went to Jerusalem, the ·leading [^Tchief] priests and the elders there made charges against him, asking me to ·sentence him to death [^Lsentence/condemn him]. ¹⁶ But I answered, ‘When a man is accused of a crime, ·Romans do not [^Lit is not a custom for Romans to] hand him over until he has been allowed to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.’ ¹⁷ So when these people came here ·to Caesarea for the trial [^Lwith me], I did not ·waste time [postpone/delay the case]. The next day I sat on the ·judge’s seat [tribunal] and commanded that the man be brought in.