Study it in the app“To them I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused has the accusers face to face and has received an opportunity for a defense concerning the charge.”
ToπρὸςthemοὓςI answeredἀπεκρίθηνthatὅτιit isἔστινnotοὐκthe customἔθοςof the RomansῬωμαίοιςto hand overχαρίζεσθαίanyτιναmanἄνθρωπονbeforeπρὶν ἢthe accusedὁ κατηγορούμενοςhasἔχοιthe accusersτοὺς κατηγόρουςface to faceκατὰ πρόσωπονandτεhas receivedλάβοιan opportunityτόπονfor a defenseἀπολογίαςconcerningπερὶthe charge.τοῦ ἐγκλήματος
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithēn” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearscustom
Custom.
Where else “ethos” appearsRoman
Roman.
Where else “Rhōmaiois” appearshand over
To hand someone over as a favor.
Where else “charizesthai” appearssomeone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpon” appearsbefore
Before, before that.
Where else “prin” appearsaccuse
Accuse.
Where else “katēgoroumenos” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echoi” appearsaccuser
Accuser: one who brings a charge against another before a judge.
Where else “katēgorous” appearspresence
Literally "the face": being in front of someone, face to face.
Where else “prosōpon” appearsreceive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “laboi” appearsroom
Space for someone, or a chance.
Where else “topon” appearsdefense
Defense: a speech in reply to an accusation.
Where else “apologias” appearscharge, accusation
Charge, accusation brought against someone.
Where else “enklēmatos” appears15about whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented their case, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
16 · This verse (above)
17So when they had come together here, without making any delay, on the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.
1. What it says
What does Paul say before Festus, and to whom does he appeal? (vv. 8-12)
2. What it means
Why does Paul prefer to appeal to Caesar rather than be tried in Jerusalem? (vv. 9-11)
3. How I live it
Paul used the legitimate means open to him when the situation was unjust. What means do you have before an unjust situation?
