But when I came to understand him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also he had appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

and when they withdrew, they were speaking among themselves, saying, "This man practices nothing worthy of death or chains."

[ 24:18] And Saul said to David, You are more righteous than I, for you have recompensed me with good, but I have recompensed you with evil.

[ 16:5A] The beginning of a good way is to do justly, and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.

But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this Man."

said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, on the charge of misleading the people. And indeed, when I examined Him in your presence, I found no guilt in this Man in the matters which you bring as charges against Him;

and neither [did] Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.

Then he said to them the third [time], "Why, what evil did He do? I have found no guilt deserving death in Him. Therefore when I have flogged Him, I will release [Him]."

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection-nor angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

"And it happened to me, having returned to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance

and saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and go out quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your witness about Me.'

And when we all had fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

But arise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness both [of the things] which you have seen, and [of the things] which I will yet reveal to you,

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom also I serve,

Therefore the crowd which was standing and heard were saying that it had thundered. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."

but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it--lest you even be found to fight against God."

"If then God has given to them the same gift as He gave to us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I [to be] able to hinder God?"

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?