When ¹  they had heard my case, ²  they wanted to release me, ³  because there was no basis for a death sentence ⁴  against me.

biblegateway Act 28:18

"And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

who, after examining me, wanted to release me, since I had not committed a capital offense.

who, [when they] had examined me, were wanting to release [me], because there was no basis for an accusation [worthy] of death with me.

biblegateway Act 28:18

They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.

When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

bibleoremus Act 28:18

When they had examined me, the Romans wanted to release me, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

They examined me and would have liked to release me because there was no capital charge against me;

biblegateway Act 28:18

"who, when they had examined me, wanted to let me go, because there was no cause for putting me to death.

Who, when they had examined me, would have let [me] go, because there was no cause of death in me.

biblegateway Act 28:18

When ¹  they had heard my case, ²  they wanted to release me, ³  because there was no basis for a death sentence ⁴  against me.

¹ tn Grk “who when.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) has been replaced by the personal pronoun (“they”) and a new sentence begun at this point in the translation.

² tn Or “had questioned me”; or “had examined me.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 2 states, “to conduct a judicial hearing, hear a case, question.”

³ sn They wanted to release me. See Acts 25:23-27.

⁴ tn Grk “no basis for death,” but in this context a sentence of death is clearly indicated.