Acts 25:13-22

Revised Geneva Translation

¹³ And after some days, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to greet Festus.

¹⁴ And when they had stayed there many days, Festus stated Paul’s cause to the king, saying, “There is a certain man left in prison by Felix.

¹⁵ “When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews informed me of him and asked for a judgment against him.

¹⁶ “To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to the death before the accused has faced his accusers and has a place to defend himself concerning the crime.

¹⁷ “Therefore, when they had come here, I sat on the judgment seat the following day (without delay) and commanded the man to be brought forth.

¹⁸ “When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation against him of such crimes as I suspected:

¹⁹ “But they had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about a certain Jesus (Who was dead, but Whom Paul affirmed to be alive).

²⁰ “And because I was perplexed by such questions, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be judged there about these things.

²¹ “But because Paul had appealed to be put under guard until the examination of Augustus, I commanded that he be jailed until I could send him to Caesar.”

²² Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”