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The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
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“Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
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After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.
Herod’s Death
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
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and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”
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When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.
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Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven.
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Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.
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Paul Transferred to Caesarea
Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.
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When the cavalry arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.
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Paul’s Trial Before Felix
Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.
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Paul’s Trial Before Festus
Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
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Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
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After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him.
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Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”
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Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
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If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
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After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
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Festus Consults King Agrippa
A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
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But when Paul made his appeal to be held over for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him held until I could send him to Caesar.”
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Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
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Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’
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The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar. I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people.
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All God’s people here send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar’s household.
