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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Acts 25 AFV</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="../">AFV</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="100%" valign="top">A Faithful Version</td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went to Jerusalem from Caesarea. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then the high priest and the chief Jews presented before him the charges against Paul; and they besought him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Asking a favor against Paul, that he would have him sent to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him on the way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Festus replied that Paul would be kept in Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He said, "Therefore, let those who are in power among you go down also; and if anything wicked is in this man, let them accuse him there."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now after spending more than ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea; and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and commanded that Paul be brought. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And when he came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood all around, presenting numerous and weighty charges against Paul, which they were not able to prove. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then he answered in his own defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar did I transgress in anything." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But Festus, desiring to obtain favor with the Jews, asked Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be judged before me there concerning these things?"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But Paul said, "I stand before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I have the right to be judged. I did nothing wrong to the Jews as you very well know. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For on the one hand, if I am a wrongdoer and have done anything worthy of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is no truth in their accusations against me, no one can deliver me over to them. I appeal to Caesar." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And after conferring with the council, Festus answered, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now when certain days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to greet Festus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And after they had been there many days, Festus set before the king the things relating to Paul, saying, "There is a certain man, left here by Felix as a prisoner, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Against whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented allegations, seeking judgment against him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to die before he has been accused, but to have the opportunity to meet his accusers face to face, and to defend himself concerning the accusation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then they came together; and without delay, the next day I sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When the accusers stood up to accuse, they did not bring any accusation of the kind that I supposed they would bring against him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But they had certain questions against him concerning their own religious system, and concerning a certain Jesus, Who is dead, but Whom Paul affirmed to be alive; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And being in doubt about the investigation of this matter, I asked Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to be judged there concerning these things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But when Paul himself appealed that he be reserved for a hearing before Augustus, I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Agrippa said to Festus, "I also have been desiring to hear the man myself." And he said, "Tomorrow you shall hear him."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So then, Agrippa and Bernice came in the next day with great pomp, and entered into the hall of audience with the chief captains and the eminent men of the city; and when Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all the men who are present with us, this is the one concerning whom the entire multitude of Jews pleaded with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought not to live any longer. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But when I perceived that he had done nothing worthy of death, and that he himself had also appealed to Augustus, I determined to send him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>However, I do not have anything certain to write to my lord concerning him. I have therefore, brought him before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the examination has been completed, I may have something to write; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For it seems irrational to me to send a prisoner, and not to declare the charges against him."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="https://afaithfulversion.org/">A Faithful Version</a><br><br>Copyright © 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011<br>York Publishing Company<br>Post Office Box 1038<br>Hollister, California 95024-1038<br><br>All rights reserved.<br>All Scripture may be freely quoted except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval systems, or use of hermeneutical conclusions of copyright owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>