Give you proof translates a verb which literally means “to place evidence alongside of (the accusation).” Nor can they give you proof of the accusations may be rendered as “they are not able to show that what they are accusing me of is true.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .