Acts 25:21
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21 But Paul appealed to have his case decided by the emperor. So I ordered that he be held in custody until I could arrange to send him to Caesar.”
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2 Timothy 4:16
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16 The first time I was brought before the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted against them.
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Acts 26:32-27:1
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32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “He could have been set free if he hadn’t appealed to Caesar.”
Paul Sails for Rome
27 When the time came, we set sail for Italy. Paul and several other prisoners were placed in the custody of a Roman officer[a] named Julius, a captain of the Imperial Regiment.
Acts 25:10-11
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10 But Paul replied, “No! This is the official Roman court, so I ought to be tried right here. You know very well I am not guilty of harming the Jews. 11 If I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die. But if I am innocent, no one has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!”
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Luke 2:1
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The Birth of Jesus
2 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire.
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