Acts 25:1-8

1ThreeG5140 daysG2250 afterG3326 his arrivalG1910 in theG3588 provinceG1885, FestusG5347 went upG305 fromG575 CaesareaG2542 toG1519 JerusalemG2414, 2where theG3588 chief priestsG749 andG2532 JewishG3588G2453 leadersG4413 presented their caseG1718G846 againstG2596 PaulG3972. TheyG2532 urgedG3870 Festus 3to grant themG154 a concessionG5485 againstG2596 Paul byG3704 summoningG3343 himG846 toG1519 JerusalemG2419, because they were preparingG4160 an ambushG1747 to killG337 himG846 alongG2596 theG3588 wayG3598.

4ButG3767 FestusG5347 repliedG611, “PaulG3972 is being heldG5083 inG1519 CaesareaG2542, andG1161 I myself amG3195 going thereG1607 soonG1722G5034. 5SoG3767 ifG1487 this manG435 has doneG1510 anythingG5100 wrongG824, let someG3588 ofG1722 yourG4771 leadersG1415 come down with meG4782 and accuseG2723 himG846 there.”

6After spendingG1304 noG3756 more thanG4119 eightG3638 orG2228 tenG1176 daysG2250 withG1722 themG846, Festus went downG2597 toG1519 CaesareaG2542. TheG3588 next dayG1887 he satG2523 onG1909 theG3588 judgment seatG968 and ordered thatG2753 PaulG3972 be brought inG71. 7When Paul arrivedG3854, theG3588 JewsG2453 who had come downG2597 fromG575 JerusalemG2414 stood aroundG4026 himG846, bringingG2702 manyG4183 seriousG926 chargesG157 thatG3739 they could notG3756G2480 proveG584.

8Then PaulG3972 made his defenseG626: “I have committed no offenseG264G5100G3777 againstG1519 theG3588 lawG3551 of theG3588 JewsG2453 or againstG1519 theG3588 templeG2411 or againstG1519 CaesarG2541.”