Festus{G5347} therefore,{G3767} having come{G1910} into the province,{G1885} after{G3326} three{G5140} days{G2250} went up{G305} to{G1519} Jerusalem{G2414} from{G575} Caesarea.{G2542}

And{G2532} the chief priests{G749} and{G2532} the principal{G4413} men of the Jews{G2453} informed{G1718} him{G846} against{G2596} Paul;{G3972} and{G2532} they besought{G3870} him,{G846}

asking{G154} a favor{G5485} against{G2596} him,{G846} that{G3704} he would send for{G3343} him{G846} to{G1519} Jerusalem;{G2419} laying{G4160} a plot{G1747} to kill{G337} him{G846} on{G2596} the way.{G3598}

Howbeit{G3767} {G3303} Festus{G5347} answered,{G611} that Paul{G3972} was{G3195} kept{G5083} in charge at{G1722} Caesarea,{G2542} and{G1161} that he himself{G1438} was about to depart{G1607} {G1722} [thither] shortly.{G5034}

Let them{G3588} therefore,{G3767} saith he,{G5346} that{G3588} are of power{G1415} among{G1722} you{G5213} go down with{G4782} me, and if{G1487} there is{G2076} anything{G5100} amiss{G1722} in{G3588} the man,{G5129} let them accuse{G846} {G2723} him.{G846}

And{G1161} when he had tarried{G1304} among{G1722} them{G846} not more{G4119} than{G2228} eight or ten{G1176} days,{G2250} he went down{G2597} unto{G1519} Caesarea;{G2542} and on the morrow{G1887} he sat{G2523} on{G1909} the judgment-seat,{G968} and commanded{G2753} Paul{G3972} to be brought.{G71}

And{G1161} when{G3854} he{G846} was come,{G3854} the Jews{G2453} that{G3588} had come down{G2597} from{G575} Jerusalem{G2414} stood round about{G4026} him, bringing{G5342} against{G2596} him{G3972} many{G4183} and{G2532} grievous{G926} charges{G157} which{G3739} they could{G2480} not{G3756} prove;{G584}

while{G3754} Paul said{G626} in his{G846} defense, Neither{G3777} against{G1519} the law{G3551} of the Jews,{G2453} nor{G3777} against{G1519} the temple,{G2411} nor{G3777} against{G1519} Caesar,{G2541} have I sinned{G264} at all.{G5100}

But{G1161} Festus,{G5347} desiring{G2309} to gain{G2698} favor{G5485} with the Jews,{G2453} answered{G611} Paul{G3972} and said,{G2036} Wilt thou{G2309} go up{G305} to{G1519} Jerusalem,{G2414} and there{G1563} be judged{G2919} of{G4012} these things{G5130} before{G1909} me?{G1700}

But{G1161} Paul{G3972} said,{G2036} I{G1510} am standing{G2476} before{G1909} Caesar's{G2541} judgment-seat,{G968} where{G3757} I{G3165} ought{G1163} to be judged:{G2919} to the Jews{G2453} have I done{G91} no{G3762} wrong,{G91} as{G5613} thou{G4771} also{G2532} very well{G2566} knowest.{G1921}

{G1063} If{G1487} then {G3303} I am a wrong-doer,{G91} and{G2532} have committed{G4238} anything{G5100} worthy{G514} of death,{G2288} I refuse{G3868} not{G3756} to die;{G599} but{G1161} if{G1487} none{G3762} of those things is{G2076} [true] whereof{G3739} these{G3778} accuse{G2723} me,{G3450} no man{G3762} can{G1410} give{G5483} me{G3165} up unto them.{G846} I appeal unto{G1941} Caesar.{G2541}

Then{G5119} Festus,{G5347} when he had conferred{G4814} with{G3326} the council,{G4824} answered,{G611} Thou hast appealed{G1941} unto Caesar:{G2541} unto{G1909} Caesar{G2541} shalt thou go.{G4198}

Now{G1161} when certain{G5100} days{G2250} were passed,{G1230} Agrippa{G67} the King{G935} and{G2532} Bernice{G959} arrived{G2658} at{G1519} Caesarea,{G2542} and saluted{G782} Festus.{G5347}

And{G1161} as{G5613} they tarried{G1304} there{G1563} many{G4119} days,{G2250} Festus{G5347} laid{G394} Paul's{G3972} case{G2596} before the King,{G935} saying,{G3004} There is{G2076} a certain{G5100} man{G435} left{G2641} a prisoner{G1198} by{G5259} Felix;{G5344}

about{G4012} whom,{G3739} when I{G3450} was{G1096} at{G1519} Jerusalem,{G2414} the chief priests{G749} and{G2532} the elders{G4245} of the Jews{G2453} informed{G1718} [me], asking{G154} for sentence{G1349} against{G2596} him.{G846}

To{G4314} whom{G3739} I answered,{G3754} that it is{G2076} not{G3756} the custom{G1485} of the Romans{G4514} to give up{G5483} any{G5100} man,{G444} {G1519} {G684} before{G4250} that{G2228} the {G3588} accused{G2723} have{G2192} the accusers{G2725} face{G4383} to{G2596} face,{G4383} and{G5037} have{G2983} had opportunity{G5117} to make his defense{G627} concerning{G4012} the matter laid against him.{G1462}

When therefore{G3767} they{G846} were come{G4905} together here,{G1759} I made{G4160} no{G3367} delay,{G311} but on the next day{G1836} sat{G2523} on{G1909} the judgment-seat,{G968} and commanded{G2753} the man{G435} to be brought.{G71}

Concerning{G4012} whom,{G3739} when the accusers{G2725} stood up,{G2476} they brought{G2018} no{G3762} charge{G156} of such evil things{G3739} as I{G1473} supposed;{G5282}

but{G1161} had{G2192} certain{G5100} questions{G2213} against{G4314} him{G846} of{G4012} their own{G2398} religion,{G1175} and{G2532} of{G4012} one{G5100} Jesus,{G2424} who was dead,{G2348} whom{G3739} Paul{G3972} affirmed{G5335} to be alive.{G2198}

And{G1161} I,{G1473} being{G639} perplexed{G639} how{G5127} to{G1519} inquire{G4012} concerning these things,{G2214} asked{G3004} whether{G1487} he would{G1014} go{G4198} to{G1519} Jerusalem{G2419} and there{G2546} be judged{G2919} of{G4012} these matters.{G5130}

But{G1161} when Paul{G3972} had appealed{G1941} {G846} to be kept{G5083} for{G1519} the decision{G1233} of the emperor,{G4575} I commanded{G2753} him{G846} to be kept{G5083} till{G2193} {G3739} I should send{G3992} him{G846} to{G4314} Caesar.{G2541}

And{G1161} Agrippa{G67} [said]{G5346} unto{G4314} Festus,{G5347} I also{G2532} could{G1014} wish to hear{G191} the man{G444} myself.{G1161} To-morrow,{G839} saith he,{G5346} thou shalt hear{G191} him.{G846}

So{G3767} on the morrow,{G1887} when Agrippa{G67} was come,{G2064} and{G2532} Bernice,{G959} with{G3326} great{G4183} pomp,{G5325} and{G2532} they were entered{G1525} into{G1519} the place of hearing{G201} with{G4862} {G5037} the chief captains{G5506} and{G2532} principal{G1851} {G5607} men{G435} of the city,{G4172} at{G2596} the command{G2753} of{G2532} Festus{G5347} Paul{G3972} was brought in.{G71}

And{G2532} Festus{G5347} saith,{G5346} King{G935} Agrippa,{G67} and{G2532} all men{G3956} who{G3588} are here present{G4840} with us,{G2254} ye behold{G2334} this{G5126} man,{G435} about{G4012} whom{G3739} all{G3956} the multitude{G4128} of the Jews{G2453} made suit{G1793} to me,{G3427} both{G5037} at{G1722} Jerusalem{G2414} and{G2532} here,{G1759} crying that{G1916} he{G846} ought{G1163} not{G3361} to live{G2198} any longer.{G3371}

But{G1161} I{G1473} found{G2638} that he{G846} had committed{G4238} nothing{G3367} worthy{G514} of death:{G2288} and{G2532} as he{G5127} {G1161} himself{G846} appealed{G1941} to the emperor{G4575} I determined{G2919} to send{G3992} him.{G846}

Of{G4012} whom{G3739} I have{G2192} no{G3756} certain{G804} thing{G5100} to write{G1125} unto my lord.{G2962} Wherefore{G1352} I have brought{G4254} him{G846} forth{G4254} before{G1909} you,{G5216} and{G2532} specially{G3122} before{G1909} thee,{G4675} king{G935} Agrippa,{G67} that,{G3704} after examination{G351} had,{G1096} I may have{G2192} somewhat{G5100} to write.{G1125}

For{G1063} it seemeth{G1380} to me{G3427} unreasonable,{G249} in sending{G3992} a prisoner,{G1198} {G2532} not{G3361} withal to signify{G4591} the charges{G156} against{G2596} him.{G846}