Acts 25:6-17

6After he had spentG1304 not moreG4183 than eightG3638 orG2228 tenG1176 daysG2250 amongG1722 them, he wentG2597 downG2597 to 1CaesareaG2542, and on the nextG1887 dayG1887 he tookG2523 his seatG2523 on 2the tribunalG968 and orderedG2753 PaulG3972 to be broughtG71. 7After Paul arrivedG3854, the JewsG2453 who had comeG2597 downG2597 from JerusalemG2414 stoodG4026 aroundG4026 him, bringingG2702 3manyG4183 and seriousG926 chargesG159 againstG2702 him 4whichG3739 they couldG2480 not proveG584, 8while PaulG3972 saidG626 in his own defenseG626, “5I have committedG264 noG3777 offenseG264 eitherG3777 againstG1519 the LawG3551 of the JewsG2453 orG3777 againstG1519 the templeG2413 orG3777 againstG1519 CaesarG2541.” 9But FestusG5347, 6wishingG2309 to doG2698 the JewsG2453 a favorG5485, answeredG611 PaulG3972 and saidG3004, “7Are you willingG2309 to goG305 up to JerusalemG2414 and 8standG2919 trialG2919 beforeG1909 me on theseG3778 charges?” 10But PaulG3972 saidG3004, “I amG1510 standingG2476 beforeG1909 Caesar’sG2541 9tribunalG968, whereG3757 I oughtG1163 to be triedG2919. I have doneG91 noG3762 wrongG91 to the JewsG2453, as you alsoG2532 veryG2573 wellG2573 knowG1921. 11IfG1487, thenG3767, I amG91 a wrongdoerG91 and have committedG4238 anythingG5100 worthyG514 of deathG2288, I do not refuseG3868 to dieG599; but ifG1487 noneG3762 of those things is true of whichG3739 theseG3778 menG3778 accuseG2723 me, noG3762 oneG3762 canG1410 handG5483 me over to them. I 10appealG1941 to CaesarG2541.” 12ThenG5119 when FestusG5347 had conferredG4814 with 11his councilG4824, he answeredG611, “You have appealedG1941 to CaesarG2541, to CaesarG2541 you shall goG4198.”

13NowG1161 when severalG5100 daysG2250 had elapsedG1230, KingG935 AgrippaG67 and BerniceG959 arrivedG2658 at 12CaesareaG2542 13and 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 14leftG2641 as a prisonerG1198 by FelixG5344; 15and when I was at JerusalemG2414, the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the eldersG4245 of the JewsG2453 15broughtG1718 chargesG1718 againstG4012 him, askingG154 for a sentenceG2613 of condemnationG2613 againstG4012 him. 16I 16answeredG611 them that it is not the customG1485 of the RomansG4514 to handG5483 over anyG5100 manG444 beforeG4250 17the 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 18the tribunalG968 and orderedG2753 the manG435 to be broughtG71 before me.