Acts 25:7-11
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7 After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing (A)many, and serious, charges against him (B)which they could not prove, 8 while Paul said in his own defense, “(C)I have not done anything wrong either against the Law of the Jews, or against the temple, or against Caesar.” 9 But Festus, (D)wanting to do the Jews a favor, replied to Paul and said, “(E)Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and [a]stand trial before me on these charges?” 10 But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s (F)tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know. 11 If, therefore, I am in the wrong and have committed something deserving death, I am not trying to avoid execution; but if there is nothing to the accusations which these men are bringing against me, no one can hand me over to them. I (G)appeal to Caesar.”
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- Acts 25:9 Lit be judged
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