Acts 25:13-22

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹³ Now when several days had elapsed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at ^(A)Caesarea ^[a]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 ^(B)left as a prisoner by Felix; ¹⁵ and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews ^(C)brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. ¹⁶ I ^(D)answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before ^(E)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 ^(F)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 ^(G)points of disagreement with him about their own ^[b](H)religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive. ^20 (I)Being at a loss how to investigate ^[c]such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters. ²¹ But when Paul ^(J)appealed to be held in custody for ^[d]the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.” ²² Then ^(K)Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”