Acts 25:1-8

1FestusG5347, thenG3767, after arrivingG1910 in 1the provinceG1885, wentG305 upG305 to JerusalemG2414 from 2CaesareaG2542 threeG5140 daysG2250 laterG3326. 2And the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the leadingG4413 menG4413 of the JewsG2453 3broughtG1718 chargesG1718 againstG2596 PaulG3972, and they were pleadingG3870 with 4Festus, 3requestingG154 a 5concessionG5485 againstG2596 6Paul, that he might 7have him broughtG3343 to JerusalemG2419 (at the same time, 8settingG4160 an ambushG1747 to killG337 him on the wayG3598). 4FestusG5347 thenG3767 9answeredG611 that PaulG3972 10was being keptG5083 inG5083 custodyG5083 in 11CaesareaG2542, and that he himselfG1438 wasG3195 aboutG3195 toG3195 leaveG1607 shortlyG5034. 5“ThereforeG3767,” he saidG5346, “have the influentialG1415 menG1415 amongG1722 you 12goG4782 there with me, and ifG1487 there is anythingG5100 wrongG824 13aboutG1722 the manG435, have them bringG2723 chargesG2723 againstG2723 him.”

6After Festus had spentG1304 noG3756 moreG4183 than eightG3638 orG2228 tenG1176 daysG2250 amongG1722 them, he wentG2597 downG2597 to 14CaesareaG2542, and on the nextG1887 dayG1887 he tookG2523 his seatG2523 on 15the tribunalG968 and orderedG2753 that PaulG3972 be broughtG71. 7After Paul arrivedG3854, the JewsG2453 who had comeG2597 downG2597 from JerusalemG2414 stoodG4026 aroundG4026 him, bringingG2702 16manyG4183, and seriousG926, chargesG159 againstG2702 him 17whichG3739 they couldG2480 not proveG584, 8while PaulG3972 saidG626 inG626 his own defenseG626, “18I have not doneG264 anythingG5100 wrongG264 eitherG3777 againstG1519 the LawG3551 of the JewsG2453, orG3777 againstG1519 the templeG2413, orG3777 againstG1519 CaesarG2541.”