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Acts 23:29

NETBible	I found he¹ was accused with reference to controversial questions² about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.³
NIV © biblegateway Act 23:29	I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment.
NASB © biblegateway Act 23:29	and I found him to be accused over questions about their Law, but under no accusation deserving death or imprisonment.
NLT © biblegateway Act 23:29	I soon discovered it was something regarding their religious law––certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.
MSG © biblegateway Act 23:29	It turned out to be a squabble turned vicious over some of their religious differences, but nothing remotely criminal.
BBE © SABDAweb Act 23:29	Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 23:29	I found that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but was charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 23:29	I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains.
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KJV	Whom <3739> I perceived <2147> (5627) to be accused <1458> (5746) of <4012> questions <2213> of their <846> law <3551>_, but <1161> to have <2192> (5723) nothing <3367> laid to his charge <1462> worthy <514> of death <2288> or <2228> of bonds <1199>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 23:29	and I found <2147> him to be accused <1458> over <4012> questions <2213> about <4012> their Law <3551> , but under <2192> no <3367> accusation <1462> deserving <514> death <2288> or <2228> imprisonment <1199> .
NET [draft] ITL	I found <2147> he was accused <1458> with <4012> reference to controversial questions <2213> about their <846> law <3551> , but <1161> no <3367> charge <1462> against him deserved <514> death <2288> or <2228> imprisonment <1199> .
GREEK	on <3739> R-ASM euron <2147> (5627) V-2AAI-1S egkaloumenon <1458> (5746) V-PPP-ASM peri <4012> PREP zhthmatwn <2213> N-GPN tou <3588> T-GSM nomou <3551> N-GSM autwn <846> P-GPM mhden <3367> A-ASN de <1161> CONJ axion <514> A-ASN yanatou <2288> N-GSM h <2228> PRT desmwn <1199> N-GPM econta <2192> (5723) V-PAP-ASM egklhma <1462> N-ASN

NETBible

I found he¹ was accused with reference to controversial questions² about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.³

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “whom I found.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) has been changed to a personal pronoun (“he”) and a new sentence begun in the translation at this point.

²tn BDAG 428 s.v. ζήτημα states, “in our lit. only in Ac, w. the mng. it still has in Mod. Gk. (controversial) question, issue, argument…Ac 15:2; 26:3. ζ. περί τινος questions about someth.…18:15; 25:19. – In 23:29, since περί had already been used, the subj. of the discussion is added in the gen. ζ. τοῦ νόμου αὐτῶν.”

²sn With reference to controversial questions. Note how the “neutral” Roman authorities saw the issue. This was a religious rather than a civil dispute. See Acts 18:15.

³tn Grk “but having no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.” BDAG 273-74 s.v. ἔγκλημα 1 has “legal t.t.…ἔ. ἄξιον θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν a charge deserving death or imprisonment 23:29.”

³sn Despite the official assessment that no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment, there was no effort to release Paul.