ACTS 25:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.”
Paul answered: 'I am now standing before Caesar's court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done anything wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.' - Paul refuses the bait, asserting his right to remain before a Roman magistrate (Festus sits as Caesar's representative). The phrase 'you yourself know very well' (sy kallion epiginōskeis, sy kallion epiginōskeis-'you well know') appeals to Festus's honesty and his own clear recognition that the charges are baseless.
Church Fathers on Acts 25:10
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly there. Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. Acts 25:4-6 But after they came down, they immediately made their accusations…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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