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Acts 25:1-12

1FestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347thereforeοὖνounG3767,beingcomeG305intotheeparchy,afterthreeτρεῖςtreisG5140daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250wentG305uptoJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414fromCaesareaΚαισαρείας,KaisareiasG2542.

2AndthechiefἀρχιερεῖςarchiereisG749priestsG749andthechiefG749oftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453laid informationsbeforehimagainstPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972,andbesoughthim,

3askingαἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiG154asagraceG5485againsthimthathewouldsendG3343forhimtoJerusalemἸερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmG2419, layingpeopleinwaittokillhimonthewayὁδόν.¶hodonG3598.

4FestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347thereforeοὖνounG3767answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithēG611thatPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972shouldbekeptG5083atCaesareaΚαισάρειαν,KaisareianG2542,andthathehimselfwasabouttosetoutshortly.

5LetthereforeοὖνounG3767thepersonsofauthorityamongyou,saysφησινphēsinG5346he, going down too,iftherebeG1510anythingτίtiG5100inthismanἀνδρὶandriG435,accuseκατηγορείτωσανkatēgoreitōsanG2723him.

6AndhavingremainedamongthemnotmoreπλείουςpleiousG4183thaneightὀκτὼoktōG3638ortenδέκα,dekaG1176daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250,hewentG2597downκαταβὰςkatabasG2597toCaesareaΚαισάρειαν,KaisareianG2542;andonthenextἐπαύριονepaurionG1887dayG2250,havingsatG2523downG2597onthejudgment-seat,commandedἐκέλευσενekeleusenG2753PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972tobebroughtG71.

7AndwhenhewascomeκαταβεβηκότεςkatabebēkotesG2597,theJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453whowerecomeG2597downfromJerusalemἹεροσολύμωνHi'erosolumōnG2414stoodround,bringingmanyπολλὰpollaG4183andgrievous chargeswhichtheywerenotableἴσχυονischuonG2480toprove:

8PaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972answeringforhimself,NeitheragainstthelawνόμονnomonG3551oftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453,noragainstthetempleἱερὸνhi'eronG2411,noragainstCaesarΚαίσαράKaisaraG2541,haveIoffended [in]anythingτιtiG5100.

9ButFestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347, desirousofobligingtheJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453,toacquiretheirfavour,answeringἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisG611PaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972,saidG3004, Art thouwillingG2309togoG305uptoJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414,theretobejudgedG2919beforemeconcerningπερὶperiG4012thesethingsτούτωνtoutōnG3778?

10ButPaulΠαῦλος·PaulosG3972saidG3004,IamG1510standingἑστώςhestōsG2476beforethejudgment-seatofCaesarΚαίσαροςKaisarosG2541,whereοὗhouG3757IoughtG1163tobeG1510judgedG2919.TotheJewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453haveIdonenowrongἠδίκησα,ēdikēsaG91,asthoualsoκαὶkaiG2532verywellknowest.

11IfthenIhavedoneanywrongἀδικῶadikōG91andcommittedanythingτι,tiG5100worthyἄξιονaxionG514ofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288,Idonotdeprecatedyingἀποθανεῖν·apothaneinG599;butifthereisG1510nothingofthosethingsG3778ofwhichtheyaccuseκατηγοροῦσίνkatēgorousinG2723me,nomanG3778cangivemeuptothem.Iappealἐπικαλοῦμαι.¶epikaloumaiG1941toCaesarΚαίσαραKaisaraG2541.

12ThenΤότεToteG5119FestusΦῆστοςPhēstosG5347, havingconferredwiththecouncil,answeredἀπεκρίθη·apekrithēG611, Thou hastappealedἐπικέκλησαι,epikeklēsaiG1941toCaesarΚαίσαραKaisaraG2541.ToCaesarΚαίσαραKaisaraG2541shalt thougoπορεύσῃ.¶poreusēG4198.

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