Acts:25
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Now when Festus was come into the province ,
after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem .
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Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul ,
and besought him ,
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And desired favour against him ,
that he would send for him to Jerusalem ,
laying wait in the way to kill him .
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But Festus answered ,
that Paul should be kept at Caesarea ,
and that he himself would depart shortly thither .
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Let them therefore ,
said he ,
which among you are able ,
go down with me ,
and accuse this man ,
if there be any wickedness in him .
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And when he had tarried among them more than ten days ,
he went down unto Caesarea ;
and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought .
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And when he was come ,
the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about ,
and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul ,
which they could not prove .
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While he answered for himself ,
Neither against the law of the Jews ,
neither against the temple ,
nor yet against Caesar ,
have I offended any thing at all .
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But Festus ,
willing to do the Jews a pleasure ,
answered Paul ,
and said ,
Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem ,
and there be judged of these things before me ?
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Then said Paul ,
I stand at Caesar '
s judgment seat ,
where I ought to be judged :
to the Jews have I done no wrong ,
as thou very well knowest .
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For if I be an offender ,
or have committed any thing worthy of death ,
I refuse not to die :
but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me ,
no man may deliver me unto them .
I appeal unto Caesar .
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Then Festus ,
when he had conferred with the council ,
answered ,
Hast thou appealed unto Caesar ?
unto Caesar shalt thou go .
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And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus .
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And when they had been there many days ,
Festus declared Paul '
s cause unto the king ,
saying ,
There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix :
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About whom ,
when I was at Jerusalem ,
the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me ,
desiring to have judgment against him .
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To whom I answered ,
It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die ,
before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face ,
and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him .
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Therefore ,
when they were come hither ,
without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat ,
and commanded the man to be brought forth .
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Against whom when the accusers stood up ,
they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed :
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But had certain questions against him of their own superstition ,
and of one Jesus ,
which was dead ,
whom Paul affirmed to be alive .
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And because I doubted of such manner of questions ,
I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem ,
and there be judged of these matters .
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But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus ,
I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar .
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Then Agrippa said unto Festus ,
I would also hear the man myself .
To morrow ,
said he ,
thou shalt hear him .
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And on the morrow ,
when Agrippa was come ,
and Bernice ,
with great pomp ,
and was entered into the place of hearing ,
with the chief captains ,
and principal men of the city ,
at Festus '
commandment Paul was brought forth .
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And Festus said ,
King Agrippa ,
and all men which are here present with us ,
ye see this man ,
about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me ,
both at Jerusalem ,
and also here ,
crying that he ought not to live any longer .
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But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death ,
and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus ,
I have determined to send him .
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Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord .
Wherefore I have brought him forth before you ,
and specially before thee ,
O king Agrippa ,
that ,
after examination had ,
I might have somewhat to write .
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For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner ,
and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him .