Acts 25:27

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.””

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BSBPD

“For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 25:27 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 18:13He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
  2. John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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