False Accusation: Incidents Illustrative of Against Paul

…and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

…and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

…where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!