Acts:25:1-12

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* Now when Festus had come to the province , after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem . * Then the high priest and the chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul ; and they petitioned him , * asking a favor against him , that he would summon him to Jerusalem--while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him . * But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea , and that he himself was going there shortly . * "Therefore ," he said , "let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man , to see if there is any fault in him ." * And when he had remained among them more than ten days , he went down to Caesarea . And the next day , sitting on the judgment seat , he commanded Paul to be brought . * When he had come , the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood about and laid many serious complaints against Paul , which they could not prove , * while he answered for himself , "Neither against the law of the Jews , nor against the temple , nor against Caesar have I offended in anything at all ." * But Festus , wanting to do the Jews a favor , answered Paul and said , "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things ?" * So Paul said , "I stand at Caesar 's judgment seat , where I ought to be judged . To the Jews I have done no wrong , as you very well know . * For if I am an offender , or have committed anything deserving of death , I do not object to dying ; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me , no one can deliver me to them . I appeal to Caesar ." * Then Festus , when he had conferred with the council , answered , "You have appealed to Caesar ? To Caesar you shall go !"

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