ASV_Strong : Acts 25
1. Festus[G5347] therefore[G3767], having come[G1910] into the province[G1885], after[G3326] three[G5140] days[G2250] went up[G305] to[G1519] Jerusalem[G2414] from[G575] Caesarea[G2542].
2. And[G2532] the chief priests[G749] and[G2532] the principal[G4413] men of the Jews[G2453] informed[G1718] him[G846] against[G2596] Paul[G3972]; and[G2532] they besought[G3870] him[G846],
3. asking[G154] a favor[G5485] against[G2596] him[G846], that[G3704] he would send for[G3343] him[G846] to[G1519] Jerusalem[G2419]; laying[G4160] a plot[G1747] to kill[G337] him[G846] on[G2596] the way[G3598].
4. Howbeit[G3767, Ezekiel3] Festus[G5347] answered[G611], that Paul[G3972] was[G3195] kept[G5083] in charge at[G1722] Caesarea[G2542], and[G1161] that he himself[G1438] was about to depart[G1607, 1722] thither shortly[G5034].
5. Let them[G3588] therefore[G3767], saith he[G5346], that[G3588] are of power[G1415] among[G1722] you[G5213] go down with[G4782] me[G1487], and if there is[G2076] anything[G5100] amiss[G1722] in[G3588] the man[G5129], let them accuse[G846, 2723] him[G846].
6. And[G1161] when he had tarried[G1304] among[G1722] them[G846] not more[G4119] than[G2228] eight or ten[G1176] days[G2250], he went down[G2597] unto[G1519] Caesarea[G2542]; and on the morrow[G1887] he sat[G2523] on[G1909] the judgment-seat[G968], and commanded[G2753] Paul[G3972] to be brought[G71].
7. And[G1161] when[G3854] he[G846] was come[G3854], the Jews[G2453] that[G3588] had come down[G2597] from[G575] Jerusalem[G2414] stood round about[G4026] him[G5342], bringing against[G2596] him[G3972] many[G4183] and[G2532] grievous[G926] charges[G157] which[G3739] they could[G2480] not[G3756] prove[G584];
8. while[G3754] Paul said[G626] in his[G846] defense[G3777], Neither against[G1519] the law[G3551] of the Jews[G2453], nor[G3777] against[G1519] the temple[G2411], nor[G3777] against[G1519] Caesar[G2541], have I sinned[G264] at all[G5100].
9. But[G1161] Festus[G5347], desiring[G2309] to gain[G2698] favor[G5485] with the Jews[G2453], answered[G611] Paul[G3972] and said[G2036], Wilt thou[G2309] go up[G305] to[G1519] Jerusalem[G2414], and there[G1563] be judged[G2919] of[G4012] these things[G5130] before[G1909] me[G1700]?
10. But[G1161] Paul[G3972] said[G2036], I[G1510] am standing[G2476] before[G1909] Caesar[G2541]'s judgment-seat[G968], where[G3757] I[G3165] ought[G1163] to be judged[G2919]: to the Jews[G2453] have I done[G91] no[G3762] wrong[G91], as[G5613] thou[G4771] also[G2532] very well[G2566] knowest[G1921].
11. [G1063] If[G1487] then[G3303] I am a wrong-doer[G91], and[G2532] have committed[G4238] anything[G5100] worthy[G514] of death[G2288], I refuse[G3868] not[G3756] to die[G599]; but[G1161] if[G1487] none[G3762] of those things is[G2076] true whereof[G3739] these[G3778] accuse[G2723] me[G3450], no man[G3762] can[G1410] give[G5483] me[G3165] up unto them[G846]. I appeal unto[G1941] Caesar[G2541].
12. Then[G5119] Festus[G5347], when he had conferred[G4814] with[G3326] the council[G4824], answered[G611], Thou hast appealed[G1941] unto Caesar[G2541]: unto[G1909] Caesar[G2541] shalt thou go[G4198].
13. Now[G1161] when certain[G5100] days[G2250] were passed[G1230], Agrippa[G67] the King[G935] and[G2532] Bernice[G959] arrived[G2658] at[G1519] Caesarea[G2542], and saluted[G782] Festus[G5347].
14. And[G1161] as[G5613] they tarried[G1304] there[G1563] many[G4119] days[G2250], Festus[G5347] laid[G394] Paul[G3972]'s case[G2596] before the King[G935], saying[G3004], There is[G2076] a certain[G5100] man[G435] left[G2641] a prisoner[G1198] by[G5259] Felix[G5344];
15. about[G4012] whom[G3739], when I[G3450] was[G1096] at[G1519] Jerusalem[G2414], the chief priests[G749] and[G2532] the elders[G4245] of the Jews[G2453] informed[G1718] me[G154], asking for sentence[G1349] against[G2596] him[G846].
16. To[G4314] whom[G3739] I answered[G3754], that it is[G2076] not[G3756] the custom[G1485] of the Romans[G4514] to give up[G5483] any[G5100] man[G444], [G1519, 684] before[G4250] that[G2228] the[G3588] accused[G2723] have[G2192] the accusers[G2725] face[G4383] to[G2596] face[G4383], and[G5037] have[G2983] had opportunity[G5117] to make his defense[G627] concerning[G4012] the matter laid against him[G1462].
17. When therefore[G3767] they[G846] were come[G4905] together here[G1759], I made[G4160] no[G3367] delay[G311], but on the next day[G1836] sat[G2523] on[G1909] the judgment-seat[G968], and commanded[G2753] the man[G435] to be brought[G71].
18. Concerning[G4012] whom[G3739], when the accusers[G2725] stood up[G2476], they brought[G2018] no[G3762] charge[G156] of such evil things[G3739] as I[G1473] supposed[G5282];
19. but[G1161] had[G2192] certain[G5100] questions[G2213] against[G4314] him[G846] of[G4012] their own[G2398] religion[G1175], and[G2532] of[G4012] one[G5100] Jesus[G2424], who was dead[G2348], whom[G3739] Paul[G3972] affirmed[G5335] to be alive[G2198].
20. And[G1161] I[G1473], being[G639] perplexed[G639] how[G5127] to[G1519] inquire[G4012] concerning these things[G2214], asked[G3004] whether[G1487] he would[G1014] go[G4198] to[G1519] Jerusalem[G2419] and there[G2546] be judged[G2919] of[G4012] these matters[G5130].
21. But[G1161] when Paul[G3972] had appealed[G1941, 846] to be kept[G5083] for[G1519] the decision[G1233] of the emperor[G4575], I commanded[G2753] him[G846] to be kept[G5083] till[G2193, 3739] I should send[G3992] him[G846] to[G4314] Caesar[G2541].
22. And[G1161] Agrippa[G67] said[G5346] unto[G4314] Festus[G5347], I also[G2532] could[G1014] wish to hear[G191] the man[G444] myself[G1161]. To-morrow[G839], saith he[G5346], thou shalt hear[G191] him[G846].
23. So[G3767] on the morrow[G1887], when Agrippa[G67] was come[G2064], and[G2532] Bernice[G959], with[G3326] great[G4183] pomp[G5325], and[G2532] they were entered[G1525] into[G1519] the place of hearing[G201] with[G4862, Deuteronomy37] the chief captains[G5506] and[G2532] principal[G1851, Ephesians7] men[G435] of the city[G4172], at[G2596] the command[G2753] of[G2532] Festus[G5347] Paul[G3972] was brought in[G71].
24. And[G2532] Festus[G5347] saith[G5346], King[G935] Agrippa[G67], and[G2532] all men[G3956] who[G3588] are here present[G4840] with us[G2254], ye behold[G2334] this[G5126] man[G435], about[G4012] whom[G3739] all[G3956] the multitude[G4128] of the Jews[G2453] made suit[G1793] to me[G3427], both[G5037] at[G1722] Jerusalem[G2414] and[G2532] here[G1759], crying that[G1916] he[G846] ought[G1163] not[G3361] to live[G2198] any longer[G3371].
25. But[G1161] I[G1473] found[G2638] that he[G846] had committed[G4238] nothing[G3367] worthy[G514] of death[G2288]: and[G2532] as he[G5127, 1161] himself[G846] appealed[G1941] to the emperor[G4575] I determined[G2919] to send[G3992] him[G846].
26. Of[G4012] whom[G3739] I have[G2192] no[G3756] certain[G804] thing[G5100] to write[G1125] unto my lord[G2962]. Wherefore[G1352] I have brought[G4254] him[G846] forth[G4254] before[G1909] you[G5216], and[G2532] specially[G3122] before[G1909] thee[G4675], king[G935] Agrippa[G67], that[G3704], after examination[G351] had[G1096], I may have[G2192] somewhat[G5100] to write[G1125].
27. For[G1063] it seemeth[G1380] to me[G3427] unreasonable[G249], in sending[G3992] a prisoner[G1198], [G2532] not[G3361] withal to signify[G4591] the charges[G156] against[G2596] him[G846].
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