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Acts 25:13-27

13NowδὲdeG1161whencertainG5100daysἩμερῶνHēmerōnG2250werepassed,AgrippaἈγρίππαςAgrippasG67thekingβασιλεὺςbasileusG935andBerniceΒερνίκηBernikēG959arrivedatCæsarea,andsalutedFestusΦῆστον.PhēstonG5347.

14AndastheytarriedtheremanyπλείουςpleiousG4183daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250,FestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347laidPaul’scasebeforethekingβασιλεῖbasileiG935,sayingλέγων·legōnG3004,ThereisG1510acertainτίςtisG5100manἀνήρanērG435leftG2641aprisonerδέσμιος,desmiosG1198byFelixΦήλικοςPhēlikosG5344;

15aboutwhom,whenIwasatJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414,thechiefἀρχιερεῖςarchiereisG749priestsG749andtheeldersπρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroiG4245oftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453informedme,askingαἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiG154forsentenceagainsthim.

16TowhomIansweredἀπεκρίθηνapekrithēnG611,thatitisG1510notthecustomἔθοςethosG1485oftheRomansῬωμαίοιςRhōmaioisG4514togiveupanymanἄνθρωπονanthrōponG444,beforethattheaccusedG2723havetheaccusersκατηγόρους,katēgorousG2725faceπρόσωπονprosōponG4383tofaceG4383,andhavehadopportunityτόπονtoponG5117tomakehisdefenceconcerningπερὶperiG4012thematterlaidagainsthim.

17WhenthereforeοὖνounG3767theywerecomeG4905togetherG4905hereἐνθάδεenthadeG1759,ImadeG4160nodelay, butonthenextἑξῆςhexēsG1836dayG1836satG2523onthejudgment-seat,andcommandedἐκέλευσαekeleusaG2753themanἄνδρα·andraG435tobebroughtG71.

18ConcerningπερὶperiG4012whom,whentheaccusersκατήγοροιkatēgoroiG2725stoodG2476up,theybroughtἔφερονepheronG5342nochargeαἰτίανaitianG156ofsuchevilG4190thingsG3739asIsupposed;

19buthadcertainG5100questionsζητήματαzētēmataG2213againsthimoftheirownἰδίαςidiasG2398religion,andofoneG5100JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424,whowasdead,whomPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972affirmedtobealiveζῆν.zēnG2198.

20AndI,beingperplexedἀπορούμενοςaporoumenosG639howtoinquireconcerningG4012thesethingsG3778,askedwhetherhewouldgoπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaiG4198toJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414andtherebejudgedG2919ofthesematters.

21ButwhenPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972hadappealedἐπικαλεσαμένουepikalesamenouG1941tobekeptG5083forthedecisionoftheemperorΣεβαστοῦSebastouG4575,IcommandedἐκέλευσαekeleusaG2753himtobekeptG5083tillIshouldsendhimtoCæsar.

22AndAgrippaἈγρίππαςAgrippasG67saidφησινphēsinG5346untoFestusΦῆστονPhēstonG5347,IalsoκαὶkaiG2532couldwishtohearἀκοῦσαι.akousaiG191themanἀνθρώπουanthrōpouG444myself. To-morrow, saithhe, thou shalthearἀκούσῃakousēG191him.

23Soonthemorrow,whenAgrippaἈγρίππαAgrippaG67wascomeG2064,andBerniceΒερνίκηςBernikēsG959,withgreatπολλῆςpollēsG4183pomp,andtheywereenteredεἰσελθόντωνeiselthontōnG1525intotheplaceofhearingwiththechief captainsandtheprincipalmenG435ofthecityπόλεωςpoleōsG4172,atthecommandκελεύσαντοςkeleusantosG2753ofFestusΦήστουPhēstouG5347PaulΠαῦλος.¶PaulosG3972wasbroughtG71in.

24AndFestusΦῆστος·PhēstosG5347saith,KingβασιλεῦbasileuG935AgrippaἈγρίππαAgrippaG67,andallmenG435whoarehereἐνθάδεenthadeG1759presentwithus, ye beholdthismanG435,aboutwhomallthemultitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128oftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453made suittome,bothatJerusalemἹεροσολύμοιςHi'erosolumoisG2414andhereG1759,cryingβοῶντεςboōntesG994thatheoughtG1163nottoliveζῆνzēnG2198anylongerμηκέτι.mēketiG3371.

25ButIfoundthathehadcommittednothingμηδὲνmēdenG3367worthyἄξιονaxionG514ofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288:andashehimselfappealedἐπικαλεσαμένουepikalesamenouG1941totheemperorΣεβαστὸνSebastonG4575IdeterminedtosendπέμπεινpempeinG3992him.

26OfwhomIhavenocertainG5100thingtowriteγράψαιgrapsaiG1125untomylordκυρίῳkuriōG2962.WhereforeIhavebroughtG4254himforthbeforeyou,andspeciallybeforethee,kingβασιλεῦbasileuG935AgrippaἈγρίππα,AgrippaG67,that,afterexaminationhad,Imayhavesomewhattowriteγράψω·grapsōG1125.

27Foritseemethtomeunreasonable,insendingG3992aprisonerδέσμιονdesmionG1198,notwithaltosignifythechargesG156againsthim.

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