To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Je leur ai répondu que ce n'est pas la coutume des Romains de livrer un homme avant que l'inculpé ait été mis en présence de ses accusateurs, et qu'il ait eu la faculté de se défendre sur les choses dont on l'accuse.
KJV
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Origen
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)
hgatus incessionem, qua non est usus ad bonum, et ad- 1 Kol. 3, 12 – 21 f Vgl. Kol. 3, 10 — 23f Vgl. Act. 25, 16 — 23 Π 249 10f — 28 ff Vgl. C c Nr. 62 Or. II 250, 5 f 4 ἐστι <H 17 αὐτοῦ Μ 26 τὸ <Μ 30 πορείαν Kl, vgl. lat. u. ΙΙ πονηρίαν Μ H 7 prandium praeparatum eis L | praepar…
Origen
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)
ν πρὸς τοῖς δεσμοῖς τετογμένων, δεθέντα τὴν πορείαν ᾗ 1 Kol. 3, 12 – 21 f Vgl. Kol. 3, 10 — 23f Vgl. Act. 25, 16 — 23 Π 249 10f — 28 ff Vgl. C c Nr. 62 Or. II 250, 5 f 4 ἐστι <H 17 αὐτοῦ Μ 26 τὸ <Μ 30 πορείαν Kl, vgl. lat. u. ΙΙ πονηρίαν Μ H 7 prandium praeparatum eis L | praepar…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ore in criminal cases the judge cannot sentence a man unless the latter has an accuser, according to Acts 25:16 : "It is not the custom of the Romans to condemn any man, before that he who is accused have his accusers present, and have liberty to make his answer, to clear himself…
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