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    Acts 25

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    Festus brings Paul before a grand assembly because, having found no crime worthy of death, he still needs something definite to write.

    The case returns to Caesareavv. 1–12

    Three days into the province, Festus goes up to Jerusalem, where the chief priests and leaders ask for Paul to be brought back under the pretence of a trial and the reality of an ambush. Festus instead brings the matter down to Caesarea, where the charges arrive in a heap but fail to prove themselves. Paul refuses the proposed journey, appeals to Caesar, and Festus, after consulting his council, gives the answer with admirable economy: Caesar it is.

    A splendid inquiry for an unwritten chargevv. 13–27

    Agrippa and Bernice arrive at Caesarea with ceremony, and Festus explains the awkward parcel Felix left him: a prisoner whom the accusers want dead, though the accusations turn out to concern religion and a certain Jesus whom Paul says is alive. Festus admits that he cannot investigate the matter, yet Paul has appealed to the Emperor. So the auditorium fills with pomp, commanders, leading men, and one unresolved prisoner, while Festus conducts an inquiry chiefly in hopes of discovering what to put in the letter.

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    1. Acts 25:1Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

    2. Acts 25:2where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

    3. Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

    4. Acts 25:4But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

    5. Acts 25:5So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”

    6. Acts 25:6After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

    7. Acts 25:7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

    8. Acts 25:8Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

    9. Acts 25:9But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”

    10. Acts 25:10Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

    11. Acts 25:11If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

    12. Acts 25:12Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

    13. Acts 25:13After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

    14. Acts 25:14Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.

    15. Acts 25:15While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

    16. Acts 25:16I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

    17. Acts 25:17So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.

    18. Acts 25:18But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

    19. Acts 25:19They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

    20. Acts 25:20Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

    21. Acts 25:21But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

    22. Acts 25:22Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.

    23. Acts 25:23The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

    24. Acts 25:24Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

    25. Acts 25:25But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

    26. Acts 25:26I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.

    27. Acts 25:27For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

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    • 16John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
    • 7Acts 24:13Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
    • 8Acts 24:12Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
    • 8Acts 28:17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
    • 11Acts 28:19But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
    • 14Acts 24:27After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
    • 19Acts 23:29I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
    • 2Acts 25:15While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
    • 6Acts 25:17So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
    • 6Acts 25:10Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
    • 11Psalms 7:3–5O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
    • 16Deuteronomy 19:17–18both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
    • 19Acts 18:15But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
    • 24Acts 25:7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
    • 24Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
    • 1Acts 23:34The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

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