Acts 25:18

Wesley's New Testament

Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The accusers stood up but brought no charge against him of the evils I was expecting.

King James Version (1611)
Against whom when the accusers stood vp, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

King James Version
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

English Standard Version
When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed.

New American Standard Bible
"When the accusers stood up, they did not begin bringing any charges against him of crimes that I suspected,

New Century Version
They stood up and accused him, but not of any serious crime as I thought they would.

Amplified Bible
"When his accusers stood up, they brought no charges against him of crimes that I was expecting [neither civil nor criminal actions],

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When the accusers stood up, they began bringing charges against him not of such crimes as I was expecting,

Legacy Standard Bible
When the accusers stood up, they were not bringing any charges against him for the evil deeds I was expecting,

Berean Standard Bible
But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

Contemporary English Version
But when the men stood up to make their charges against him, they did not accuse him of any of the crimes that I thought they would.

Complete Jewish Bible
"When the accusers stood up, instead of charging him with some serious crime as I had expected,

Darby Translation
concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as *I* supposed;

Easy-to-Read Version
The Jews stood up and accused him. But they did not accuse him of the kind of crimes I thought they would.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Against whom when the accusers stood vp, they brought no crime of such things as I supposed:

George Lamsa Translation
When his accusers stood up with him, they were unable to prove, as I had expected, any serious charges against him.

Good News Translation
His opponents stood up, but they did not accuse him of any of the evil crimes that I thought they would.

Lexham English Bible
When they stood up, his accusers began bringing no charge concerning him of the evil deeds that I was suspecting,

Literal Translation
about whom, standing up, the accusers brought no charge of which I suspected,

American Standard Version
Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;

Bible in Basic English
But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind:

Hebrew Names Version
Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;

International Standard Version
When his accusers stood up, they didn't accuse him of any of the crimesof anything">[fn] I was expecting.

Etheridge Translation
And his accusers stood up with him, but could not find any evil accusation to prove against him, (such) as I had expected,

Murdock Translation
And his accusers stood up with him; and they were not able to substantiate any criminal charge against him, as I had expected;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Agaynst whom, when the accusers stoode vp, they brought none accusation of such thynges as I supposed:

English Revised Version
Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;

World English Bible
Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;

Weymouth's New Testament
But, when his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with the misdemeanours of which I had been suspecting him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne hise accuseris stoden, thei seiden no cause, of whiche thingis Y hadde suspicioun of yuel.

Update Bible Version
Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;

Webster's Bible Translation
Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed:

New English Translation
When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

New King James Version
When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation against him of such things as I supposed,

New Living Translation
But the accusations made against him weren't any of the crimes I expected.

New Life Bible
When the others spoke, they had nothing against him that I thought they had.

New Revised Standard
When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the crimes that I was expecting.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Concerning whom, taking their stand, his accusers, no accusation at all, were bringing, of the evil things which, I, had been suspecting;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of this which I thought ill of:

Revised Standard Version
When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Agaynst who when ye accusers stode vp they brought none accusacion of soche thinges as I supposed:

Young's Literal Translation
concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of whom, whan the accusers stode vp, they broughte no accusacion of soch thinges as I supposed:

Mace New Testament (1729)
when his accusers appear'd, they did not charge him with any such crimes as I imagined they would.

THE MESSAGE
"The accusers came at him from all sides, but their accusations turned out to be nothing more than arguments about their religion and a dead man named Jesus, who the prisoner claimed was alive. Since I'm a newcomer here and don't understand everything involved in cases like this, I asked if he'd be willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there. Paul refused and demanded a hearing before His Majesty in our highest court. So I ordered him returned to custody until I could send him to Caesar in Rome."

Simplified Cowboy Version
But honestly, I was surprised. The accusations were nothing like I thought they'd be.

Contextual Overview

¹³ And after certain days, king Agrippa and Bernice came to Cesarea, to salute Festus. ¹⁴ And when they had been there many days, Festus declared the case of Paul to 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 elders of the Jews informed me, desiring judgment against him. ¹⁶ To whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans, to give up any man, till he that is accused have the accusers face to face, and have liberty to make his defence, touching the crime laid to his charge. ¹⁷ When therefore they were come hither, I without any delay sat at the judgment seat the next day, and commanded the man to be brought forth. ¹⁸ Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed, ¹⁹ But had certain questions against him, relating to their own religious worship, and about one Jesus that was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. ²⁰ And as I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked, If he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters? ²¹ But Paul appealing to be kept for the hearing of Augustus, I command him to be kept till I could send him to Cesar. ²² Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also hear the man myself. And he said, To-morrow thou shalt hear him.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Against whom when the accusers stood up,.... As they were obliged to do, whilst they were exhibiting their charges, bearing their testimonies, and producing their proofs; Acts 25:7.

They brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: for by his being left in bonds, and by the information of the chief priests and elders, and their violence against him, he imagined he must be chargeable with some notorious capital crime.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

None accusation ... - No charge as I expected of a breach of the peace; of a violation of the Roman law; of atrocious crime. It was natural that Festus should suppose that they would accuse Paul of some such offence. He had been arraigned before Felix; had been two years in custody; and the Jews were exceedingly violent against him. All this, Festus would presume, must have arisen from some flagrant and open violation of the laws.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 25:18. They brought none accusation of such things as I supposed — It was natural for Festus, at the first view of things, to suppose that Paul must be guilty of some very atrocious crime. When he found that he had been twice snatched from the hands of the Jews; that he had been brought to Caesarea, as a prisoner, two years before; that he had been tried once before the Sanhedrin, and once before the governor of the province; that he had now lain two years in bonds; and that the high priest and all the heads of the Jewish nation had united in accusing him, and whose condemnation they loudly demanded; when, I say, he considered all this, it was natural for him to suppose the apostle to be some flagitious wretch; but when he had tried the case, and heard their accusations and his defence, how surprised was he to find that scarcely any thing that amounted to a crime was laid to his charge; and that nothing that was laid to his charge could be proved!