• Acts 25:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 11 If I am really a wrongdoer and have committed anything deserving of death,+ I do not beg off from dying; but if there is no substance to the accusations these men have made against me, no man has the right to hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to Caesar!”+

  • Acts 25:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 11 εἰ If μὲν indeed οὖν therefore ἀδικῶ I am doing unrighteously καὶ and ἄξιον worthy θανάτου of death πέπραχά I have done τι, anything, οὐ not παραιτοῦμαι I am begging off τὸ the ἀποθανεῖν· to die; εἰ if δὲ but οὐδὲν nothing ἔστιν is ὧν of which (things) οὗτοι these κατηγοροῦσίν are accusing μου, me, οὐδείς no one με me δύναται is able αὐτοῖς to them χαρίσασθαι· to hand over as favor; Καίσαρα Caesar ἐπικαλοῦμαι. I am calling upon.

  • Acts 25:11
    The Bible in Living English

    • 11 So if I am guilty and have done anything to deserve death, I do not ask to be let off from dying; but if there is nothing in the charges these men are prosecuting me on, nobody can dispose of me as a favor to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

  • Acts 25:11
    American Standard Version

    • 11 If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is true whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

  • Acts 25:11
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 11 If then on the one hand I am doing wrong, and anything worthy of death have committed I excuse not myself from dying; but on the other hand if there is nothing in the things whereof these are accusing me no man hath power to give me unto them as a favour:—Unto Caesar I appeal!

  • Acts 25:11
    King James Version

    • 11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 25
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 25:11

      I appeal to Caesar!: In the Bible record, this is the third time that Paul made use of his rights as a Roman citizen. (For the other two occasions, see study notes on Ac 16:37; 22:25.) Such an appeal to Caesar could be made either after the pronouncement of judgment or at any earlier point in the trial. Festus gave evidence of not wanting to decide the matter himself, and a trial in Jerusalem held virtually no hope of justice. So Paul made this formal petition to be judged by the highest court of the empire. It appears that in some cases the appeal could be denied, for example, in the case of a thief, a pirate, or a seditionist caught in the act. Likely for this reason, Festus conferred with “the assembly of counselors” before admitting the appeal. (Ac 25:12) The subsequent hearing with the visiting Herod Agrippa II was held in order that Festus might have clearer information to submit when transmitting Paul’s case to “the August One,” Nero. (Ac 25:12-27; 26:32; 28:19) Paul’s appeal also served the purpose of taking him to Rome, fulfilling an intention expressed earlier. (Ac 19:21) Jesus’ prophetic promise to Paul as well as the angelic message that he later received shows divine direction in the matter.​—Ac 23:11; 27:23, 24.