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They appealed to him </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>and requested, as a favor to them against Paul,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32058a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and that he himself intended to go there shortly. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>“So,” he said, “let those of you who have the authority come down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them accuse him.”</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>After he had stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>When he arrived, the Jews who had gone down from Jerusalem surrounded him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Paul said in his defense, “I have in no way committed an offense against the law of the Jews, or against the temple, or against the emperor.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Paul said, “I am appealing to the emperor’s tribunal; this is where I should be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Now if I am in the wrong and have committed something for which I deserve to die, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can turn me over to them. I appeal to the emperor.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Then Festus, after he had conferred with his council, replied, “You have appealed to the emperor; to the emperor you will go.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Festus Consults King Agrippa</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>Since they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man here who was left in prison by Felix. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him and asked for a sentence against him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met the accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the charge. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>So when they met here, I lost no time, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the crimes<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32073b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> that I was expecting. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Instead they had certain points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, but whom Paul asserted to be alive. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Since I was at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-32075c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of his Imperial Majesty, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to the emperor.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you will hear him.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Paul Brought before Agrippa</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then Festus gave the order and Paul was brought in. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish community petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and when he appealed to his Imperial Majesty, I decided to send him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>But I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write— </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>for it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner without indicating the charges against him.”</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 25:3">Acts 25:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>him</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 25:18">Acts 25:18</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>with anything</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 25:20">Acts 25:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>on them</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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