Acts 24-25
New American Standard Bible 1995
Paul before Felix
24 After (A)five days the high priest (B)Ananias came down with some elders, [a]with an [b]attorney named Tertullus, and they [c]brought charges to (C)the governor against Paul. 2 After Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying to the governor,
“Since we have through you attained much peace, and since by your providence reforms are being carried out for this nation, 3 we acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, (D)most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. 4 But, that I may not weary you any further, I beg you [d]to grant us, by your kindness, a brief hearing. 5 For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout [e]the world, and a ringleader of the (E)sect of the Nazarenes. 6 And he even tried to (F)desecrate the temple; and [f]then we arrested him. [[g]We wanted to judge him according to our own Law. 7 But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands, 8 ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him.” 9 (G)The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.
10 When (H)the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul responded:
“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my defense, 11 since you can take note of the fact that no more than (I)twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. 12 (J)Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or (K)causing [h]a riot. 13 (L)Nor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me. 14 But this I admit to you, that according to (M)the Way which they call a (N)sect I do serve [i](O)the God of our fathers, (P)believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets; 15 having a hope in God, which (Q)these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. 16 In view of this, (R)I also [j]do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men. 17 Now (S)after several years I (T)came to bring [k]alms to my nation and to present offerings; 18 in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been (U)purified, without any (V)crowd or uproar. But there were some (W)Jews from [l]Asia— 19 who ought to have been present before you and to (X)make accusation, if they should have anything against me. 20 Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before (Y)the [m]Council, 21 other than for this one statement which (Z)I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’”
22 But Felix, [n]having a more exact knowledge about (AA)the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the [o]commander comes down, I will decide your case.” 23 Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be (AB)kept in custody and yet (AC)have some freedom, and not to prevent any of (AD)his friends from ministering to him.
24 But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his [p]wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about (AE)faith in Christ Jesus. 25 But as he was discussing (AF)righteousness, (AG)self-control and (AH)the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.” 26 At the same time too, he was hoping that (AI)money would be given him by Paul; therefore he also used to send for him quite often and converse with him. 27 But after two years had passed, Felix [q]was succeeded by Porcius (AJ)Festus, and (AK)wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul (AL)imprisoned.
Paul before Festus
25 Festus then, having arrived in (AM)the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from (AN)Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews (AO)brought charges against Paul, and they were urging him, 3 requesting a [r]concession against [s]Paul, that he might [t]have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, (AP)setting an ambush to kill him on the way). 4 Festus then (AQ)answered that Paul (AR)was being kept in custody at (AS)Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly. 5 “Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you [u]go there with me, and if there is anything wrong [v]about the man, let them [w]prosecute him.”
6 After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to (AT)Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on (AU)the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. 7 After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing (AV)many and serious charges against him (AW)which they could not prove, 8 while Paul said in his own defense, “(AX)I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.” 9 But Festus, (AY)wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “(AZ)Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and [x]stand trial before me on these charges?” 10 But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s (BA)tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know. 11 If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I (BB)appeal to Caesar.” 12 Then when Festus had conferred with [y]his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.”
13 Now when several days had elapsed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at (BC)Caesarea [z]and paid their respects to Festus. 14 While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man who was (BD)left as a prisoner by Felix; 15 and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews (BE)brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. 16 I (BF)answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before (BG)the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges. 17 So after they had assembled here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on (BH)the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought before me. 18 When the accusers stood up, they began bringing charges against him not of such crimes as I was expecting, 19 but they simply had some (BI)points of disagreement with him about their own [aa](BJ)religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive. 20 (BK)Being at a loss how to investigate [ab]such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters. 21 But when Paul (BL)appealed to be held in custody for [ac]the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.” 22 Then (BM)Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”
Paul before Agrippa
23 So, on the next day when (BN)Agrippa came [ad]together with (BO)Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the auditorium [ae]accompanied by the [af]commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24 Festus *said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom (BP)all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that (BQ)he ought not to live any longer. 25 But I found that he had committed (BR)nothing worthy of death; and since he himself (BS)appealed to [ag]the Emperor, I decided to send him. 26 [ah]Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write. 27 For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also the charges against him.”
Notas al pie
- Acts 24:1 Lit and
- Acts 24:1 Lit orator
- Acts 24:1 Or presented their evidence or case
- Acts 24:4 Lit to hear...briefly
- Acts 24:5 Lit the inhabited earth
- Acts 24:6 Lit also
- Acts 24:6 The early mss do not contain the remainder of v 6, v 7, nor the first part of v 8
- Acts 24:12 Lit an attack of a mob
- Acts 24:14 Lit the ancestral God
- Acts 24:16 Lit practice myself
- Acts 24:17 Or gifts to charity
- Acts 24:18 I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
- Acts 24:20 Or Sanhedrin
- Acts 24:22 Lit knowing more accurately
- Acts 24:22 I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops
- Acts 24:24 Lit own wife
- Acts 24:27 Lit received a successor, Porcius Festus
- Acts 25:3 Or favor
- Acts 25:3 Lit him
- Acts 25:3 Lit send for him to Jerusalem
- Acts 25:5 Lit go down
- Acts 25:5 Lit in
- Acts 25:5 Or accuse
- Acts 25:9 Lit be judged
- Acts 25:12 A different group from that mentioned in Acts 4:15 and 24:20
- Acts 25:13 Lit greeting Festus
- Acts 25:19 Or superstition
- Acts 25:20 Lit these
- Acts 25:21 Lit the Augustus’s (in this case Nero)
- Acts 25:23 Lit and Bernice
- Acts 25:23 Lit and with
- Acts 25:23 I.e. chiliarchs, in command of one thousand troops
- Acts 25:25 V 21, note 1
- Acts 25:26 Lit About whom I have nothing definite
Psalm 88
New American Standard Bible 1995
A Petition to Be Saved from Death.
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [a]Maskil of Heman [b]the Ezrahite.
88 O Lord, the (A)God of my salvation,
I have (B)cried out by day and in the night before You.
2 Let my prayer (C)come before You;
(D)Incline Your ear to my cry!
3 For my (E)soul has [c]had enough troubles,
And (F)my life has drawn near to [d]Sheol.
4 I am reckoned among those who (G)go down to the pit;
I have become like a man (H)without strength,
5 [e]Forsaken (I)among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are (J)cut off from Your hand.
6 You have put me in (K)the lowest pit,
In (L)dark places, in the (M)depths.
7 Your wrath (N)has rested upon me,
And You have afflicted me with (O)all Your waves. [f]Selah.
8 You have removed (P)my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an [g](Q)object of loathing to them;
I am (R)shut up and cannot go out.
9 My (S)eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have (T)called upon You every day, O Lord;
I have (U)spread out my [h]hands to You.
10 Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Will (V)the [i]departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in [j]Abaddon?
12 Will Your wonders be made known in the (W)darkness?
And Your [k]righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O Lord, have cried out (X)to You for help,
And (Y)in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 O Lord, why (Z)do You reject my soul?
Why do You (AA)hide Your face from me?
15 I was afflicted and (AB)about to die from my youth on;
I suffer (AC)Your terrors; I am [l]overcome.
16 Your (AD)burning anger has passed over me;
Your terrors have [m](AE)destroyed me.
17 They have (AF)surrounded me (AG)like water all day long;
They have (AH)encompassed me altogether.
18 You have removed (AI)lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.
Notas al pie
- Psalm 88:1 Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm
- Psalm 88:1 1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title
- Psalm 88:3 Or been satisfied with
- Psalm 88:3 I.e. the nether world
- Psalm 88:5 Lit A freed one among the dead
- Psalm 88:7 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- Psalm 88:8 Lit abomination to them
- Psalm 88:9 Lit palms
- Psalm 88:10 Or ghosts, shades
- Psalm 88:11 I.e. place of destruction
- Psalm 88:12 I.e. faithfulness to His gracious promises
- Psalm 88:15 Or embarrassed
- Psalm 88:16 Or silenced
Proverbs 25:17
New American Standard Bible 1995
17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become [a]weary of you and hate you.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with
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