KJV ORIGINAL
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Look, if I actually did something wrong — if I committed a crime that deserves death — I'm not trying to escape the consequences. But if there's nothing to these charges they're throwing at me, then no one has the right to just hand me over to them. I'm taking this straight to Caesar.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Paul said if I'm guilty, I'll face it, but if I'm innocent, I'm taking this to the highest court possible.
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