Acts 25 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Paul before Festus

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

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 [fn]Festus,

Act 25:3

Act 25:3requesting a [fn]concession against [fn]Paul, that he might [fn]have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).

Act 25:4

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

Act 25:5

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

Act 25:6

After Festus had spent^G1304 no^G3756 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 tribunal^G968 and ordered^G2753 that Paul^G3972 be brought^G71.

Act 25:7

Act 25:7After 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 not done anything wrong either against the Law of the Jews, or against the temple, or against Caesar.”

Act 25:9

Act 25:9But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, replied to Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and [fn]stand trial before me on these charges?”

Act 25:10

Act 25:10But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.

Act 25:11

Act 25:11“If, therefore, I am in the wrong and have committed something deserving death, I am not trying to avoid execution; but if there is nothing to the accusations which these men are bringing against 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.”

Act 25:13

Now^G1161 when several^G5100 days^G2250 had passed^G1230, King^G935 Agrippa^G67 and Bernice^G959 arrived^G2658 in Caesarea^G2542, paying^G782 their respects^G782 to Festus^G5347.

Act 25:14

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

Act 25:15

Act 25:15and when I was in 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 replied to them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any person 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 tribunal and ordered that the man be brought.

Act 25:18

Act 25:18“When the accusers stood up, they did not begin bringing any charges [fn]against him of crimes that I suspected,

Act 25:19

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

Act 25:20

Act 25:20“And being at a loss how to investigate [fn]such matters, I [fn]asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there 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 that he 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

Act 25:23

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

Act 25:24

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

Act 25:25

Act 25:25“But I found that he had committed nothing deserving 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

Act 25:27“For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him as well.”

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Lit him

Or favor

Lit him

Lit summon him to Jerusalem

Lit go down

Lit in

Lit be judged

A different group from that mentioned in Acts 4:15 and 24:20

(25:18)

Lit in regard to him

Or superstition

Lit these

Lit said

Lit the Augustus’ (in this case Nero)

(25:23)

Lit and with

(25:25)

See note v 21

(25:26)

Lit About whom I

See the NASB20 Preface for an explanation on the use of the asterisk.

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Paul before Festus

Paul before Agrippa

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