Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Festus,
therefore,
having
come
into
the province, after
three
days
went up to
Jerusalem
from Caesarea,
Three
days
after
his
arrival
in
the province, Festus
went up from Caesarea to
Jerusalem
,
and
the chief priest
and the
principal
men
of
the
Jews
made
manifest
to
him
`the
things'
against Paul ,
and
were
calling
on
him,
where
the chief priests
and Jewish
leaders
presented
their
case
against Paul .
They
urged
Festus
asking
favour
against him,
that
he
may
send
for
him to Jerusalem, making
an ambush to put
him to
death
in
the way.
to
grant
them
a
concession
against Paul
by
summoning
him to Jerusalem, because
they
were
preparing
an ambush to kill
him along
the way.
Then,
indeed,
Festus answered
that
Paul is kept
in Caesarea, and himself
is
about
speedily
to
go
on
thither,
But
Festus replied,
“
Paul is being
held
in Caesarea, and I
myself
am
going
there
soon.
`Therefore
those
able
among
you
--
saith
he
--
having
come
down
together,
if there
be
anything
in
this man --
let them
accuse him ;'
So
if this man has
done
anything
wrong,
let some
of
your
leaders
come
down
with
me
and
accuse him there.”
and
having
tarried
among
them
more than ten days, having
gone
down to Caesarea ,
on
the morrow
having
sat upon
the tribunal,
he
commanded
Paul to
be brought ;
After
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.
and
he
having
come
, there
stood
round
about
the Jews who have
come down from Jerusalem --
many and
weighty
charges they
are
bringing
against
Paul,
which
they were
not able
to
prove ,
When
Paul
arrived
, the Jews who had
come down from Jerusalem stood
around
him,
bringing
many serious
charges that
they could
not prove .
he
making
defence
--
`Neither
in
regard
to
the law of the Jews ,
nor
in
regard
to
the temple ,
nor
in
regard
to
Caesar --
did
I
commit
any
sin
. '
Then
Paul
made
his
defense:
“I
have
committed
no
offense
against
the law of the Jews or
against
the temple or
against
Caesar. ”
And
Festus willing
to lay
on
the Jews a favour,
answering
Paul
, said, `Art
thou
willing ,
to Jerusalem
having
gone
up ,
there
concerning
these
things
to be
judged
before me? '
But
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
? ”
and
Paul said
, `At
the
tribunal
of
Caesar
I am standing, where it
behoveth
me
to be judged;
to Jews I
did
no
unrighteousness
, as thou
dost
also
very well know;
Paul 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 .
for
if indeed
I am unrighteous,
and
anything worthy of death have
done
, I deprecate
not to die ;
and
if there is none
of
the
things
of
which
these
accuse
me, no one is
able
to make
a
favour
of
me to them ;
to
Caesar
I appeal! '
If ,
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
! ”
then Festus ,
having
communed
with the
council ,
answered
, `
To Caesar thou
hast
appealed;
to Caesar thou
shalt
go .'
Then Festus conferred
with his
council and
replied
, “You
have
appealed
to Caesar .
To Caesar you
will
go !”
And
certain
days having
passed, Agrippa
the
king ,
and Bernice ,
came down to Caesarea saluting
Festus ,
After
several
days had
passed, King Agrippa
and Bernice came down to Caesarea to
pay
their
respects
to
Festus .
and
as
they were continuing
there
more
days, Festus submitted
to
the king the
things
concerning
Paul,
saying,
`
There is a certain man ,
left
by
Felix ,
a
prisoner,
Since
they were staying
several
days, Festus laid
out
Paul’s
case
before
the king :
“
There is a certain man whom
Felix left
in
prison.
about
whom,
in my
being
at
Jerusalem, the chief priests and the
elders of the Jews laid
information,
asking
a decision
against him ,
While
I
was
in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented
their
case
and
requested
a judgment
against him .
unto
whom
I answered,
that it is not a
custom of
Romans
to make
a favour
of
any
man to
die,
before that
he who
is
accused
may
have
the
accusers
face
to face ,
and may
receive
place
of
defence
in
regard
to
the
charge
laid
against `him'
.
I 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
.
`
They ,
therefore
, having
come
together
--
I ,
making
no
delay ,
on
the succeeding
`
day '
having
sat upon
the tribunal,
did
command
the man to
be brought ,
So
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.
concerning
whom
the
accusers ,
having
stood
up
, were
bringing
against
`
him '
no
accusation
of the things
I was
thinking
of,
But
when
his
accusers rose
to
speak
, they
did
not
charge
him with
any
of the crimes
I had
expected.
but
certain
questions
concerning
their
own
religion
they had against
him ,
and concerning
a certain Jesus who was
dead
, whom Paul affirmed to be alive ;
They only
had some
contentions
with
him regarding
their
own
religion
and a certain Jesus who had
died
, but
whom Paul affirmed to be alive .
and
I ,
doubting
in
regard
to the
question
concerning
this,
said
, If he would
wish
to go on
to Jerusalem ,
and there
to
be judged
concerning
these things
--
Since
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.
but Paul having
appealed to be kept
to
the hearing
of Sebastus
, I did
command
him
to
be kept
till
I might
send him unto
Caesar. '
But 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. ”
And
Agrippa said unto
Festus, `
I was
wishing
also
myself
to hear the
man ;'
and
he
said,
`To-morrow
thou
shalt
hear him ;'
Then
Agrippa said to
Festus, “
I would
like
to hear this
man myself.”
“Tomorrow
you
will
hear him ,”
Festus
declared.
on
the morrow,
therefore
--
on
the
coming
of
Agrippa and Bernice with much
display,
and they
having
entered into
the audience
chamber
, with the chief
captains
also,
and the
principal
men of the city ,
and Festus having
ordered --
Paul was
brought forth
.
The 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
.
And
Festus said, `
King Agrippa ,
and all men
who are present with us, ye
see this one,
about
whom
all
the
multitude
of
the Jews
did
deal
with
me, both in Jerusalem and
here
, crying out ,
He ought not to live any longer ;
Then
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 .
and
I ,
having
found him
to
have
done nothing worthy of death, and he also
himself
having
appealed to Sebastus
, I decided to send him ,
But
I found he
had
done nothing worthy of death, and since
he has
now
appealed to the
Emperor
, I decided to send him .
concerning
whom
I have no
certain
thing
to write to `my'
lord,
wherefore
I brought him forth
before you, and specially
before thee
, king Agrippa, that the
examination
having
been
made,
I may have something to write ;
I have nothing
definite
to write to our
sovereign
one
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 .
for it doth
seem
to me irrational,
sending
a prisoner ,
not
also
to
signify
the charges against him. '
For it seems
unreasonable
to me to
send
on
a prisoner without
specifying
the charges against him. ”
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