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Acts 25:1-12

1FestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347thereforeοὖνounG3767,havingcomeG305intotheprovinceἐπαρχείᾳeparcheiaG1885,afterthreeτρεῖςtreisG5140daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250wentG305uptoJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414fromCæsarea.

2AndthechiefἀρχιερεῖςarchiereisG749priestsG749andtheprincipalmenoftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453informedhimagainstPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972;andtheybesoughthim,

3askingαἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiG154afavorχάρινcharinG5485againsthim,thathewouldsendG3343forhimtoJerusalemἸερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmG2419; layingaplottokillhimonthewayὁδόν.¶hodonG3598.

4HowbeitFestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithēG611,thatPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972waskeptG5083inchargeatCæsarea,andthathehimselfwasabouttodepart thithershortly.

5LetthemthereforeοὖνounG3767, saithhe,thatareG1510ofpowerδυνατοὶdunatoiG1415amongyougodownwithme,andifthereisG1510anythingτίtiG5100amissinthemanἀνδρὶandriG435,letthemaccuseκατηγορείτωσανkatēgoreitōsanG2723him.

6AndwhenhehadtarriedamongthemnotmoreπλείουςpleiousG4183thaneightὀκτὼoktōG3638ortenδέκα,dekaG1176daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250,hewentG2597downκαταβὰςkatabasG2597unto Cæsarea;andonthemorrowhesatG2523onthejudgment-seat,andcommandedἐκέλευσενekeleusenG2753PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972tobebroughtG71.

7AndwhenhewascomeκαταβεβηκότεςkatabebēkotesG2597,theJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453thathadcomeG2597downfromJerusalemἹεροσολύμωνHi'erosolumōnG2414stoodroundabouthim,bringingagainsthimmanyπολλὰpollaG4183andgrievous chargeswhichtheycouldnotprove;

8whilePaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972saidinhisdefence,NeitheragainstthelawνόμονnomonG3551oftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453,noragainstthetempleἱερὸνhi'eronG2411,noragainstCæsar,haveIsinnedG264atall.

9ButFestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347,desiringG2309togainfavorχάρινcharinG5485withtheJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453,answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisG611PaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972andsaidG3004, Wilt thougoG305uptoJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414,andtherebejudgedG2919ofthesethingsτούτωνtoutōnG3778beforeme?

10ButPaulΠαῦλος·PaulosG3972saidG3004,IamG1510standingἑστώςhestōsG2476beforeCæsar’s judgment-seat,whereοὗhouG3757IoughtG1163tobeG1510judgedG2919:totheJewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453haveIdonenowrongἠδίκησα,ēdikēsaG91,asthoualsoκαὶkaiG2532verywellknowest.

11IfthenIamG1510awrong-doer,andhavecommittedanythingτι,tiG5100worthyἄξιονaxionG514ofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288,IrefuseπαραιτοῦμαιparaitoumaiG3868nottodieἀποθανεῖν·apothaneinG599;butifnoneG3762ofthosethingsG3778isG1510true whereoftheseaccuseκατηγοροῦσίνkatēgorousinG2723me,nomanG3778cangivemeup untothem.Iappealἐπικαλοῦμαι.¶epikaloumaiG1941unto Cæsar.

12ThenΤότεToteG5119FestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347,whenhehadconferredwiththecouncil,answeredἀπεκρίθη·apekrithēG611, Thou hastappealedἐπικέκλησαι,epikeklēsaiG1941unto Cæsar: unto Cæsar shalt thougoπορεύσῃ.¶poreusēG4198.

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