Add parallel Print Page Options

Paul Before Festus

25 Festus then, having arrived in (A)the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from (B)Caesarea. And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews (C)brought charges against Paul, and they were pleading with him, requesting a favor against [a]Paul, that he might [b]have him brought to Jerusalem (while they (D)set an ambush to kill him on the way). Festus then (E)answered that Paul (F)was being kept in custody at (G)Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly. “Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go down there with me, and if there is anything wrong [c]about the man, let them accuse him.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 25:3 Lit him
  2. Acts 25:3 Lit send for him to Jerusalem
  3. Acts 25:5 Lit in

Paul Appeals to the Emperor

25 Now when Festus had come into his province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesare′a. And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they urged him, asking as a favor to have the man sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way. Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesare′a, and that he himself intended to go there shortly. “So,” said he, “let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them accuse him.”

Read full chapter