And when it became known to me that a plot against the man by the Jews was about to happen, I sent him at once to you, and also commanded the accusers to state the charges against him before you. Farewell.

he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's Praetorium.

"Therefore," he said, "the prominent men among you, let them go with me and accuse this man, if there is anything in this man."

about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for punishment against him.

To them I answered, 'It is not a custom with Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the [one] being accused may meet his accusers face to face, and may receive an opportunity for defense concerning the charge.'