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Acts 25:1-8

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.

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