Acts 25
King James Version
25 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
19 But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
Acts 25
New King James Version
Paul Appeals to Caesar
25 Now when Festus had come to the province, after three days he went up from (A)Caesarea to Jerusalem. 2 (B)Then the [a]high priest and the chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they petitioned him, 3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—(C)while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him. 4 But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there shortly. 5 “Therefore,” he said, “let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man, to see (D)if there is any fault in him.”
6 And when he had remained among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought. 7 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood about (E)and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove, 8 while he answered for himself, (F)“Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended in anything at all.”
9 But Festus, (G)wanting to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, (H)“Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?”
10 So Paul said, “I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know. 11 (I)For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. (J)I appeal to Caesar.”
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!”
Paul Before Agrippa
13 And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus. 14 When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying: (K)“There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix, 15 (L)about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for a judgment against him. 16 (M)To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man [b]to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’ 17 Therefore when they had come together, (N)without any delay, the next day I sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought in. 18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation against him of such things as I [c]supposed, 19 (O)but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 20 And because I was uncertain of such questions, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters. 21 But when Paul (P)appealed to be reserved for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send him to Caesar.”
22 Then (Q)Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”
“Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
23 So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great [d]pomp, and had entered the auditorium with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at Festus’ command (R)Paul was brought in. 24 And Festus said: “King Agrippa and all the men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom (S)the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he was (T)not fit to live any longer. 25 But when I found that (U)he had committed nothing deserving of death, (V)and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him. 26 I have nothing certain to write to my lord concerning him. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the examination has taken place I may have something to write. 27 For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him.”
Footnotes
- Acts 25:2 NU chief priests
- Acts 25:16 NU omits to destruction, although it is implied
- Acts 25:18 suspected
- Acts 25:23 pageantry
Acts 25
Complete Jewish Bible
25 Three days after Festus had entered the province, he went up from Caesarea to Yerushalayim. 2 There the head cohanim and the Judean leaders informed him of the case against Sha’ul, and they asked him 3 to do them the favor of having the man sent to Yerushalayim. (They had plotted to have him ambushed and killed en route.) 4 Festus replied that Sha’ul was being kept under guard in Caesarea, and that he was about to go there shortly himself. 5 “So,” he said, “let competent men among you come down with me and press charges against the man, if he has done something wrong.”
6 After staying with them at most eight or ten days, Festus went down to Caesarea; and on the following day, he took his seat in court and ordered Sha’ul to be brought in. 7 When he arrived, the Judeans who had come down from Yerushalayim stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him which they could not prove. 8 In reply, Sha’ul said, “I have committed no offense — not against the Torah to which the Jews hold, not against the Temple, and not against the Emperor.”
9 But Festus, wanting to do the Judeans a favor, asked Sha’ul, “Would you be willing to go up to Yerushalayim and be tried before me there on these charges?” 10 Sha’ul replied, “I am standing right now in the court of the Emperor, and this is where I should be tried. I have done no wrong to the Judeans, as you very well know. 11 If I am a wrongdoer, if I have done something for which I deserve to die, then I am ready to die. But if there is nothing to these charges which they are bringing against me, no one can give me to them just to grant a favor! I appeal to the Emperor!” 12 Then Festus, after talking with his advisers, answered, “You have appealed to the Emperor; you will go to the Emperor!”
13 After some days, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. 14 Since they were staying on there for some time, Festus had the opportunity to acquaint the king with Sha’ul’s situation. “There is a man here,” he said, “who was left behind in custody by Felix. 15 When I was in Yerushalayim, the head cohanim and the elders of the Judeans informed me about him and asked me to pronounce judgment against him. 16 My answer to them was that it is not the custom with Romans to give up an accused man just to grant a favor, before he has met his accusers face to face and had the opportunity to defend himself against the charge. 17 So when they arrived here with me, I did not delay, but took my seat in court the next day and ordered the man brought in.
18 “When the accusers stood up, instead of charging him with some serious crime as I had expected, 19 they disputed with him about certain points of their own religion, and particularly about somebody called Yeshua, who had died, but who Sha’ul claimed was alive. 20 Being at a loss as to how to investigate such questions, I asked him if he would be willing to go to Yerushalayim and be tried on these matters there. 21 But since Sha’ul appealed to be kept in custody and have his case decided by His Imperial Majesty, I ordered him held until I could send him to the Emperor.”
22 Agrippa said to Festus, “I myself have been wanting to hear the man.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, “You will hear him.”
23 So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with much pageantry; they entered the audience room accompanied by military commanders and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Sha’ul was brought in. 24 Festus said, “King Agrippa and all of you here with us, do you see this man? The whole Judean community has complained to me about him both in Yerushalayim and here, crying that he shouldn’t be allowed to remain alive. 25 But I discovered that he had done nothing that deserves a death sentence. Now when he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him. 26 However, I have nothing specific to write to His Majesty about him. This is why I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa — so that after we have examined him, I might have something to write. 27 It seems irrational to me to send a prisoner without also indicating what the charges against him are.”
प्रेरितन क काम 25
Awadhi Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
पौलुस कैसर स निआव चाहत ह
25 फेस्तुस जब उ प्रदेस मॅ राज्यपाल होइ गवा अउर तीन दिना पाछे उ कैसरिया स यरुसलेम क रवाना होइ गवा। 2 हुवाँ मुख्ययाजकन अउर यहूदियन क मुखिया लोग पौलुस क खिलाफ लगावा गवा जुर्म ओकरे समन्वा रखेन अउर ओसे पराथना किहेन 3 कि उ पौलुस क यरुसलेम पठवाइके ओनकइ पच्छ लेइ। (उ पचे रस्त मँ ही ओका मारि डावइ क कुचाल बनाए रहेन।) 4 फेस्तुस जवाब दिहेस कि “पौलुस कैसरिया मँ बंदि अहइ अउर उ ज्लदी ही हुवाँ पहोंचइवाला बाटइ।” उ कहेस, 5 “तू आपन कछू मुखिया लोगन क मोरे संग पठइ द्या अउर जदि उ मनई अपराध किहे बा तउ उ पचे हुवाँ मोह प जुर्म लगावइ।”
6 ओनके संग कछू आठ दस दिन बाताइके फेस्तुस कैसरिया चला गवा। अगले ही दिन अदालत मँ निआव क आसन प बैठिके उ आदेस दिहेस कि पौलुस क पेस कीन्ह जाइ। 7 जब उ पेस भवा तउ यरूसलेम स आए भएन यहूदी लोग ओका घेरिके खड़ा होइ गएन। उ पचे ओह प बहुतेरे भारी दोख लगाएन मुला उ पचे ओके सिद्ध नाहीं कइ सकेन। 8 पौलुस खुद आपन बचाव करत भवा कहेस, “मइँ न तउ यहूदियन क व्यवस्था क खिलाफ कउनो करम किहेउँ ह, न ही मंदिर क खिलाफ अउर न ही कैसर क खिलाफ।”
9 मुला काहेकि फेस्तुस यहूदी लोगन क खुस करइ चाहत रहा, जवाब मँ उ पौलुस स कहेस, “तउ का तू यरूसलेम जाइ चाहत ह ताकि मइँ हुवाँ तोह पइ लगावा गवा जुर्म क निआवा कइ सकउँ?”
10 पौलुस कहेस, “इ समइ मइँ कैसर क अदालत क समन्वा खड़ा हउँ। मोर निआव हिअँइ कीन्ह जाइ चाही। मइँ यहूदियन क संग कछू बुराई नाहीं किहे अही, ऍका तू भी बहोत अच्छी तरह जानत ह। 11 यदि मइँ कउनो अपराधे क दोखी अहउँ अउर मइँ कछू अइसा स किहे हउँ, जेकर सजा मउत अहइ, तउ मइँ मरइ स बचब न चाहब, मुला जउन लोग मोह प जउन जुर्म लगावत अहइँ, ओहमाँ स कउनो सच नाहीं बा। तउ मोका कउनो भी ऍनका नाहीं सौंपिर सकत। इहइ कैसर स मोर पराथना अहइ।”
12 आपन परिसद स राय लिहे क पाछे फेस्तुस ओका जवाब दिहेस, “तू कैसर स फिन बिचार बरे पराथना किहा ह, यह बरे तोहका कैसर क समन्वा ही लइ लीन्ह जाइ।”
पौलुस क हेरोदेस अग्रिप्पा क समन्वा पेसी
13 कछू दिन पाछे राजा अग्रिपा अउर बिरनीके फेस्तुस क सुआगत करइ कैसरिया आएन। 14 जब उ पचे हुवाँ कई दिन बिताइ चुकेन तउ फेस्तुस राजा क समन्वा मुकदमा क इ तरह समझाएस, “हिआँ एक अइसा मनई अहइ जेका फेलिक्स बंदी क रूप मँ छोड़ गवा रहा। 15 जब मइँ यरुसलेम मँ रहेउँ, मुख्ययाजक अउर बुजुर्ग यहहूदी नेतन ओकरे खिलाफ मुकदमा दर्ज किहेन अउर माँग किहे रहेन कि ओका समा दीन्ह जाइ। 16 मइँ ओनसे कहे रहेउँ, ‘रोमी मनइयन मँ अइसी रीति नाहीं कि कउनो मनइ क, जब तलक वादी प्रतिवादी क आमना समन्वा न कइ दीन्ह जाइ, अउर ओह प लगावा भएन जुर्म स ओका बचावइ क मौका न दइ दीन्ह जाइ। ओका सजा बरे, सौपा जाइ।’
17 “तउ उ सबइ मनइयन जब मोरे संग हिआँ आएन तउ मइँ बिना देर लगाए भए अगले दिना निआव क आसन पबइठिके उ मनई क पेस कीन्ह जाइके हुकुम दिहेस। 18 जब ओह पइ दोख लगावइ वालन बोलइ खड़ा भएन तउ उ पचे ओह पइ अइसा कउनो दोख नाहीं लगाएन जइसा कि मइँ सोचत रहेउँ। 19 बल्कि ओनकइ आपन धरम क कछू बातन पर भी अउर ईसू नाउँ क एक मनई प जउन मर चुका बा, ओनमाँ कछू बिचार मँ अलगौझा रहा। तउ भी पौलुस क दावा अहइ कि उ जिअत अहइ। 20 मइँ समुझ नाहीं पावत हउँ की इ बिसयन क छानबीन कइसे कीन्ह जाइ, यह बरे मइँ ओसे पूछेउँ कि का उ आपन इ जुर्मन क निआव करावइ बरे यरुसलेम जाइ क तइयार अहइ? 21 मुला पौलुस जब पराथना किहेस कि ओका सम्राट क बरे ही हुवाँ रखा जाइ, तउ मइँ हुकुम दिहेउँ, कि मइँ जब तलक ओका कैसर क लगे न पठइ देउँ, ओका हिअँइ रखा जाइ।”
22 ऍह पइ अग्रिप्पा फेस्तुस स कहेस, “इ मनई क सुनवाई मइँ खुद कहइ चाहत हउँ।”
फेस्तुस कहेस, “तू ओका भियान सुन लिहा।”
23 तउ भियान भए प राजा अग्रिप्पा अउर बिरनीके बड़ा सजधज क साथ आएन अउर उ पचे फऊजीनायकन अउर सहर क प्रमुख मनइयन क संग सभाभवन मँ घुसा। फेस्तुस हुकुम दिहेस अउर पौलुस क हुवाँ लइ आवा गया।
24 फिन फेस्तुस बोला, “महाराजा अग्रिप्पा अउर सज्जन लोगो जउन हीआँ अहा! तू पचे इ मनई क निहारत अहा जेकरे बारे मँ समूचा यहूदी समाज, यरूसलेम मँ अउर हिआँ, मोसे चिचिआइ चिचिआइके माँग करत अहइ कि ऍका अब अउर जिन्दा नाहीं रहइ देइ चाही। 25 मुला मइँ जाँच लिहेउँ ह कि इ अइसा कछू नाहीं किहेस ह कि ऍका मउत क सजा दीन्ह जाइ अउर काहेकि इ खुद सम्राट कैसर स फिन बिचार करइके पराथना किहेस ह कि यह बरे मइँ ऍका हुवाँ पठवइ क निर्णय लिहेउँ ह। 26 मुला ऍकरे बारे मँ सम्राट कैसर क लगे लिखिके पठवइ क मोरे लगे कउनो तय कीन्ह भइ बात नाहीं अहइ। मइँ ऍका यह बरे आप सबन क समन्वा, अउर खास रूप स हे महाराजा अग्रिप्पा, तोहरे समन्वा लइ आएउँ ह ताकि इ जाँच पड़ताल क पाछे लिखइ क मोरे लगे कछू होइ। 27 कछू भी होइ मोका कउनो बंदी क ओकर अभियाग पत्र बगैर तइयार किए हुआँ पठउब संगत नाहीं जान पड़त।”
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