Acts 25:13-21

13NowG1161 when severalG5100 daysG2250 had elapsedG1230, KingG935 AgrippaG67 and BerniceG959 arrivedG2658 at 1CaesareaG2542 2and paidG782 their respectsG782 to FestusG5347.

14WhileG5613 they were spendingG1304 manyG4183 daysG2250 thereG1563, FestusG5347 laidG394 Paul’sG3972 caseG3588G2596 before the kingG935, sayingG3004, “There is a manG435 who was 3leftG2641 as a prisonerG1198 by FelixG5344;

15and when I was at JerusalemG2414, the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the eldersG4245 of the JewsG2453 4broughtG1718 chargesG1718 againstG4012 him, askingG154 for a sentenceG2613 of condemnationG2613 againstG4012 him.

16I 5answeredG611 them that it is not the customG1485 of the RomansG4514 to handG5483 over anyG5100 manG444 beforeG4250 6the accusedG2723 meetsG2192 his accusersG2725 faceG4383 to faceG4383 and hasG2192 an opportunityG5117 to make his defenseG627 againstG4012 the chargesG1462.

17SoG3767 after they had assembledG4905 hereG1759, I did not delayG311, but on the nextG1836 day tookG2523 my seatG2523 on 7the tribunalG968 and orderedG2753 the manG435 to be broughtG71 before me.

18When the accusersG2725 stoodG2476 up, they began bringingG5342 chargesG156 againstG4012 him not of suchG3739 crimesG4190 as I was expectingG5282,

19but they simply hadG2192 someG5100 8pointsG2213 of disagreementG2213 with him aboutG4012 their ownG2398 910religionG1175 and aboutG4012 a deadG2348 manG5100, JesusG2424, whomG3739 PaulG3972 assertedG5335 to be aliveG2198.

2011BeingG639 at a lossG639 howG2214 to investigateG2214 12suchG3778 matters, I askedG3004 whetherG1487 he was willingG1014 to goG4198 to JerusalemG2414 and thereG2546 standG2919 trialG2919 on theseG3778 matters.

21But when PaulG3972 13appealedG1941 to be heldG5083 in custodyG5083 for 14the Emperor’sG4575 decisionG1233, I orderedG2753 him to be keptG5083 in custodyG5083 untilG2193 I sendG375 him to CaesarG2541.”