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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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../topmenuchap/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="../">NIV</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/acts/25.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Paul’s Trial Before Festus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”</p> <p class="sectionhead">Festus Consults King Agrippa</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him and asked that he be condemned.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When they came here with me, I did not delay the case, but convened the court the next day and ordered the man to be brought in. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But when Paul made his appeal to be held over for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him held until I could send him to Caesar.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.”</p><p class="reg">He replied, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”</p> <p class="sectionhead">Paul Before Agrippa</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I found he had done nothing deserving of death, but because he made his appeal to the Emperor I decided to send him to Rome. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For I think it is unreasonable to send a prisoner on to Rome without specifying the charges against him.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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