{Concerning questions of their law} (peri z(8874)(886d)ata tou
nomou aut(936e)). The very distinction drawn by Gallio in Corinth
( Ac 18:14f. ). On the word see on  15:2 . {But to have nothing
laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds} (m(8864)en de axion
thanatou (8820)desm(936e) echonta enkl(886d)a). Literally, "having no
accusation (or crime) worthy of death or of bonds." This phrase
here only in the N.T. Egkl(886d)a is old word for accusation or
crime from egkale(935c) used in verse  28  and in the N.T. only here
and  25:16 . Lysias thus expresses the opinion that Paul ought to
be set free and the lenient treatment that Paul received in
Caesarea and Rome (first imprisonment) is probably due to this
report of Lysias. Every Roman magistrate before whom Paul appears
declares him innocent (Gallio, Lysias, Felix, Festus).