| Acts 25:1 |
Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. |
| Acts 25:2 |
And the chief priests and leading men of the Jews gave their information to him against Paul; and they entreated him, |
| Acts 25:3 |
Asking for a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, [they themselves] setting an ambush to do away with him on the way. |
| Acts 25:4 |
Festus therefore answered that Paul was being kept [in custody] in Caesarea, and that he himself was about to proceed [there] shortly. |
| Acts 25:5 |
Therefore, he said, let influential men from among you go down with [me,] and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him. |
| Acts 25:6 |
And having stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought. |
| Acts 25:7 |
And when he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against [him,] which they were not able to prove, |
| Acts 25:8 |
While Paul said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I sinned in anything. |
| Acts 25:9 |
But Festus, wanting to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be judged there before me concerning these things? |
| Acts 25:10 |
And Paul said, I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know. |
| Acts 25:11 |
If therefore I am doing wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is nothing to the things which these accuse me of, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar. |
| Acts 25:12 |
Then when Festus had conferred with the council, he answered, To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go. |
| Acts 25:13 |
Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus. |
| Acts 25:14 |
And while they were staying some additional days there, Festus laid before the king the matters regarding Paul, saying, There is a certain man who has been left a prisoner by Felix, |
| Acts 25:15 |
Concerning whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information and asked for a sentence against him. |
| Acts 25:16 |
To them I answered that it is not the custom with Romans to hand over any man before he who is accused meets the accusers face to face and has an opportunity for a defense concerning the charge. |
| Acts 25:17 |
So when they had come together here, I made no delay; on the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, I ordered the man to be brought. |
| Acts 25:18 |
Concerning him the accusers stood and brought no charge of the evil things I was suspecting. |
| Acts 25:19 |
But they had certain questions against him concerning their own religion and concerning a certain Jesus who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. |
| Acts 25:20 |
And being at a loss [as to how there should be] an inquiry concerning these things, I asked [him] if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be judged there concerning these things. |
| Acts 25:21 |
But when Paul appealed to be kept [in custody] for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept [in custody] until I should send him up to Caesar. |
| Acts 25:22 |
And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would like to hear the man. Tomorrow, said [Festus,] you shall hear him. |
| Acts 25:23 |
Therefore on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered into the hall of audience together with the commanders and prominent men of the city, and when Festus had given the order, Paul was brought. |
| Acts 25:24 |
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all you men who are present with us, you behold this man, concerning whom all the multitude of Jews have petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. |
| Acts 25:25 |
But I found that he had done nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send [him.] |
| Acts 25:26 |
Concerning him I have nothing definite to write to my lord; therefore I have brought him before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that when the examination has taken place, I may have something to write. |
| Acts 25:27 |
For it seems unreasonable to me, in sending a prisoner, not to also signify the charges against him. |