Acts 25:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.

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  • Ps 76:10 : 10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure; 11 Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.
  • Acts 23:11 : 11 And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.
  • Acts 25:21 : 21 But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
  • Acts 26:32-27:1 : 32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar. 1 And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.
  • Rom 15:28-29 : 28 So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain. 29 And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
  • Phil 1:12-14 : 12 Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences; 13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ; 14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 25:8-11
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    8Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

    9But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?

    10And Paul said, I am before the seat of Caesar's authority where it is right for me to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you are well able to see.

    11If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.

  • Acts 26:30-32
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    30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

    31And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

    32And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.

  • Acts 25:20-27
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    20And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

    21But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

    22And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

    23So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

    24And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.

    25But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

    26But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.

    27For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.

  • Acts 25:4-6
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    4But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.

    5So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.

    6And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

  • Acts 25:13-17
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    13Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

    14And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

    15Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

    16To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

    17So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

  • Acts 28:18-19
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    18Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

    19But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.

  • Acts 25:1
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    1So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

  • Acts 23:35
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    35I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

  • Acts 26:1-3
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    1And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:

    2In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

    3The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

  • Acts 24:25
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    25And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

  • Acts 27:24
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    24Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

  • Acts 24:10
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    10Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

  • Acts 24:19-22
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    19And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

    20Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

    21But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

    22But Felix, who had a more detailed knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, When Lysias, the chief captain, comes down, I will give attention to your business.

  • Acts 24:8
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    8And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

  • Acts 23:26
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    26Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.

  • Acts 23:28-30
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    28And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:

    29Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

    30And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

  • Acts 24:27
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    27But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

  • Acts 26:24
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    24And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

  • Acts 22:26
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    26And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

  • Acts 23:18-19
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    18So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

    19And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?

  • Acts 22:1
    68%

    1My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

  • Acts 24:4
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    4But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

  • Acts 22:30
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    30But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.