Acts 25 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Paul Before Festus

Festus^G5347 then^G3767, having arrived^G1910 in the province^G1885, after^G3326 three^G5140 days^G2250 went^G305 up^G305 to Jerusalem^G2414 from Caesarea^G2542.

Act 25:2

Act 25:2And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and they were pleading with him,

Act 25:3

Act 25:3requesting a favor against [fn]Paul, that he might [fn]have him brought to Jerusalem (while they set an ambush to kill him on the way).

Act 25:4

Act 25:4Festus then answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly.

Act 25:5

Act 25:5“Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go down there with me, and if there is anything wrong [fn]about the man, let them accuse him.”

Act 25:6

And after he had spent^G1304 not more^G4183 than eight^G3638 or^G2228 ten^G1176 days^G2250 among^G1722 them, he went^G2597 down^G2597 to Caesarea^G2542, and on the next^G1887 day^G1887 he took^G2523 his seat^G2523 on the judgment^G968 seat^G968 and ordered^G2753 Paul^G3972 to be brought^G71.

Act 25:7

Act 25:7And after Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him which they could not prove,

Act 25:8

Act 25:8while Paul said in his own defense, “I have committed no sin either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

Act 25:9

Act 25:9But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and to be tried before me on these matters?”

Act 25:10

Act 25:10But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.

Act 25:11

Act 25:11“If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

Act 25:12

Act 25:12Then when Festus had conferred with [fn]his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.”

Festus and Agrippa Discuss Paul’s Trial

Act 25:13

Now^G1161 when several^G5100 days^G2250 had passed^G1230, King^G935 Agrippa^G67 and Bernice^G959 arrived^G2658 at Caesarea^G2542 [fn]and greeted^G782 Festus^G5347.

Act 25:14

Act 25:14And while they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

Act 25:15

Act 25:15and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

Act 25:16

Act 25:16“I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.

Act 25:17

Act 25:17“So after they had assembled here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought before me.

Act 25:18

Act 25:18“When the accusers stood up, they were not bringing any charges against him for the evil deeds I was expecting,

Act 25:19

Act 25:19but they had some points of disagreement with him about their own [fn]religion and about a certain Jesus, a dead man whom Paul asserted to be alive.

Act 25:20

Act 25:20“And being perplexed about how to investigate [fn]such matters, I was asking whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be tried on these matters.

Act 25:21

Act 25:21“But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for [fn]the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.”

Act 25:22

Act 25:22Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”

Paul Before Agrippa and Bernice

Act 25:23

So^G3767, on the next^G1887 day^G1887 when Agrippa^G67 came^G2064 [fn]together^G2532 with Bernice^G959 amid^G3326 great^G4183 pomp^G5325, and entered^G1525 the hall^G201 [fn]accompanied^G4862 by the [fn]commanders^G5506 and the prominent^G1851 men^G435 of the city^G4172, at the order^G2753 of Festus^G5347, Paul^G3972 was brought^G71 in.

Act 25:24

Act 25:24And Festus *said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.

Act 25:25

Act 25:25“But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and since he himself appealed to [fn]the Emperor, I decided to send him.

Act 25:26

Act 25:26“[fn]Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.

Act 25:27