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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 25</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//acts/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/acts/">Acts</a> > Acts 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/24.htm" title="Acts 24">◄</a> Acts 25 <a href="../acts/26.htm" title="Acts 26">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/acts/25.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/acts/25.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/acts/25.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/acts/25.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/acts/25.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/acts/25.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/acts/25.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Trial before Festus<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?” <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Paul Appeals to Caesar<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!” <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Festus Consults Agrippa<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.” <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” <p class="reg">“Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared. <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">Paul before Agrippa and Bernice<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him. <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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