25:1 Now
three
days
after
Festus
had
arrived
in
the
province,
he
went
up
to
Jerusalem
from
Caesarea.
25:2 And
the
chief
priests
and
the
principal
men
of
the
Jews
laid
out
their
case
against
Paul,
and
they
urged
him,
25:3 asking
as
a
favor
against
Paul
that
he
summon
him
to
Jerusalem--because
they
were
planning
an
ambush
to
kill
him
on
the
way.
25:4 Festus
replied
that
Paul
was
being
kept
at
Caesarea
and
that
he
himself
intended
to
go
there
shortly.
25:5 "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
bring
charges
against
him."
25:6 After
he
stayed
among
them
not
more
than
eight
or
ten
days,
he
went
down
to
Caesarea.
And
the
next
day
he
took
his
seat
on
the
tribunal
and
ordered
Paul
to
be
brought.
25:7 When
he
had
arrived,
the
Jews
who
had
come
down
from
Jerusalem
stood
around
him,
bringing
many
and
serious
charges
against
him
that
they
could
not
prove.
25:8 Paul
argued
in
his
defense,
"Neither
against
the
law
of
the
Jews,
nor
against
the
temple,
nor
against
Caesar
have
I
committed
any
offense."
25:9 But
Festus,
wishing
to
do
the
Jews
a
favor,
said
to
Paul,
"Do
you
wish
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem
and
there
be
tried
on
these
charges
before
me"
25:10 But
Paul
said,
"I
am
standing
before
Caesar's
tribunal,
where
I
ought
to
be
tried.
To
the
Jews
I
have
done
no
wrong,
as
you
yourself
know
very
well.
25:11 If
then
I
am
a
wrongdoer
and
have
committed
anything
for
which
I
deserve
to
die,
I
do
not
seek
to
escape
death.
But
if
there
is
nothing
to
their
charges
against
me,
no
one
can
give
me
up
to
them.
I
appeal
to
Caesar."
25:12 Then
Festus,
when
he
had
conferred
with
his
council,
answered,
"To
Caesar
you
have
appealed;
to
Caesar
you
shall
go."
25:13 Now
when
some
days
had
passed,
Agrippa
the
king
and
Bernice
arrived
at
Caesarea
and
greeted
Festus.
25:14 And
as
they
stayed
there
many
days,
Festus
laid
Paul's
case
before
the
king,
saying,
"There
is
a
man
left
prisoner
by
Felix,
25:15 and
when
I
was
at
Jerusalem,
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
of
the
Jews
laid
out
their
case
against
him,
asking
for
a
sentence
of
condemnation
against
him.
25:16 I
answered
them
that
it
was
not
the
custom
of
the
Romans
to
give
up
anyone
before
the
accused
met
the
accusers
face
to
face
and
had
opportunity
to
make
his
defense
concerning
the
charge
laid
against
him.
25:17 So
when
they
came
together
here,
I
made
no
delay,
but
on
the
next
day
took
my
seat
on
the
tribunal
and
ordered
the
man
to
be
brought.
25:18 When
the
accusers
stood
up,
they
brought
no
charge
in
his
case
of
such
evils
as
I
supposed.
25:19 Rather
they
had
certain
points
of
dispute
with
him
about
their
own
religion
and
about
a
certain
Jesus,
who
was
dead,
but
whom
Paul
asserted
to
be
alive.
25:20 Being
at
a
loss
how
to
investigate
these
questions,
I
asked
whether
he
wanted
to
go
to
Jerusalem
and
be
tried
there
regarding
them.
25:21 But
when
Paul
had
appealed
to
be
kept
in
custody
for
the
decision
of
the
emperor,
I
ordered
him
to
be
held
until
I
could
send
him
to
Caesar."
25:22 Then
Agrippa
said
to
Festus,
"I
would
like
to
hear
the
man
myself."
"Tomorrow,"
said
he,
"you
will
hear
him."
25:23 So
on
the
next
day
Agrippa
and
Bernice
came
with
great
pomp,
and
they
entered
the
audience
hall
with
the
military
tribunes
and
the
prominent
men
of
the
city.
Then,
at
the
command
of
Festus,
Paul
was
brought
in.
25:24 And
Festus
said,
"King
Agrippa
and
all
who
are
present
with
us,
you
see
this
man
about
whom
the
whole
Jewish
people
petitioned
me,
both
in
Jerusalem
and
here,
shouting
that
he
ought
not
to
live
any
longer.
25:25 But
I
found
that
he
had
done
nothing
deserving
death.
And
as
he
himself
appealed
to
the
emperor,
I
decided
to
go
ahead
and
send
him.
25:26 But
I
have
nothing
definite
to
write
to
my
lord
about
him.
Therefore
I
have
brought
him
before
you
all,
and
especially
before
you,
King
Agrippa,
so
that,
after
we
have
examined
him,
I
may
have
something
to
write.
25:27 For
it
seems
to
me
unreasonable,
in
sending
a
prisoner,
not
to
indicate
the
charges
against
him."