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Acts|25:1|-||a|Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from |b|Caesarea.
Acts|25:2|-|And the |a|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 |a|ambush to |b|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 |1|influential men from among you go down with me, and if there is anything |2|wrong in the man, let them |a|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 |a|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 |a|charges against him, which they were |b|not able to prove,
Acts|25:8|-|While Paul said in his |1a|defense, |b|Neither against the |c|law of the Jews nor against the |d|temple nor against |e|Caesar have I sinned in anything.
Acts|25:9|-|But Festus, wanting to |1|gain |a|favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Are you willing to go up to |b|Jerusalem and be judged there before me concerning these things?
Acts|25:10|-|And Paul said, I am standing before Caesar’s |a|judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. I have done |b|nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.
Acts|25:11|-|If therefore I am doing wrong and have committed anything |a|worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is nothing to the things which these |b|accuse me of, no one can hand me over to them. I |1c|appeal to |2|Caesar.
Acts|25:12|-|Then when Festus had conferred with the |1|council, he answered, To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.
Acts|25:13|-|Now when some days had passed, |1a|Agrippa the king and |2|Bernice arrived at |b|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 |a|left a |b|prisoner by |c|Felix,
Acts|25:15|-|Concerning whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the |a|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 |a|custom with Romans to hand over any man before he who is |b|accused meets the |c|accusers face to face and has an opportunity for a |d|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 |a|judgment seat, I ordered the man to be brought.
Acts|25:18|-|Concerning him the accusers stood and brought no |a|charge of the evil things I was suspecting.
Acts|25:19|-|But they had certain |a|questions against him concerning their own |1|religion and concerning a certain Jesus who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be |b|alive.
Acts|25:20|-|And |1|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 |a|Jerusalem and be judged there concerning these things.
Acts|25:21|-|But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of |1|the |a|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 |a|Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered into the hall of audience together with the |1|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 |a|Jews have petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought |b|not to live any longer.
Acts|25:25|-|But I found that he had done nothing |a|worthy of death; and since he himself |b|appealed to the Emperor, I |1|decided to send him.
Acts|25:26|-|Concerning him I have nothing definite to write to my lord; therefore I have brought him before |1|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 |a|prisoner, not to also signify the charges against him.
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