Acts:25:13-27

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* And after (5637 ) certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came (5656 ) unto Caesarea to salute (5697 ) Festus . * And when they had been (5707 ) there many days , Festus declared (5639 ) Pauls cause unto the king , saying (5723 ), There is (5748 ) a certain man left (5772 ) in bonds by Felix : * About whom , when I was (5637 ) at Jerusalem , the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed (5656 ) me , desiring (5734 ) to have judgment against him . * To whom I answered (5662 ), It is (5748 ) not the manner of the Romans to deliver (5738 ) any man to die , before that he which is accused (5746 ) have (5722 ) the accusers face to face , and have (5630 ) licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him . * Therefore , when they were come (5631 ) hither , without (5671 ) any delay on the morrow I sat (5660 ) on the judgment seat , and commanded (5656 ) the man to be brought forth (5683 ). * Against whom when the accusers stood up (5685 ), they brought (5707 ) none accusation of such things as I supposed (5707 ): * But had (5707 ) certain questions against him of their own superstition , and of one Jesus , which was dead (5761 ), whom Paul affirmed (5707 ) to be alive (5721 ). * And because I doubted (5734 ) of such manner of questions , I asked (5707 ) him whether he would (5739 ) go (5738 ) to Jerusalem , and there be judged (5745 ) of these matters . * But when Paul had appealed (5671 ) to be reserved (5683 ) unto the hearing of Augustus , I commanded (5656 ) him to be kept (5745 ) till I might send (5661 ) him to Caesar . * Then Agrippa said (5713 ) unto Festus , I would (5711 ) also hear (5658 ) the man myself . To morrow , said (5748 ) he , thou shalt hear (5695 ) him . * And on the morrow , when Agrippa was come (5631 ), and Bernice , with great pomp , and was entered (5631 ) into the place of hearing , with the chief captains , and principal men of (5752 ) the city , at Festus commandment (5660 ) Paul was brought forth (5681 ). * And Festus said (5748 ), King Agrippa , and all men which are here present (5752 ) with us , ye see (5719 ) this man , about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt (5627 ) with me , both at Jerusalem , and also here , crying (5723 ) that he ought (5750 ) not to live (5721 ) any longer . * But when I found (5642 ) that he had committed (5760 ) nothing worthy of death , and that he himself hath appealed to (5671 ) Augustus , I have determined (5656 ) to send (5721 ) him . * Of whom I have (5719 ) no certain thing to write (5658 ) unto my lord . Wherefore I have brought him forth (5627 ) before you , and specially before thee , O king Agrippa , that , after examination had (5637 ), I might have (5632 ) somewhat to write (5658 ). * For it seemeth (5719 ) to me unreasonable to send (5723 ) a prisoner , and not withal to signify (5658 ) the crimes laid against him .

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