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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF ACT 25:1 Paul Before Festus. The appeals to Caesar.
Festus therefore having entered into the government of the province, three days afterwards went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,
RF ACT 25:2 when the chief priests and Jewish senators appeared before him against Paul; and appealed to him,
RF ACT 25:3 asking as a favour, that he would send him back to Jerusalem—themselves plotting to murder him on the road.
RF ACT 25:4 Festus, however, told them in reply, that Paul should be detained at Caesarea; and that he was himself about to return there at an early date.
RF ACT 25:5 He also added, "Let those therefore who are in authority among you go down with me; and if there is anything against this man, they can then indict him."
RF ACT 25:6 When he had stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and taking his seat upon the bench on the following day, he ordered Paul to be brought.
RF ACT 25:7 But when he was produced, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing forward numerous as well as serious charges, which they were unable to prove.
RF ACT 25:8 While Paul, in his defence, said, "Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against the Emperor, have I offended in any way."
RF ACT 25:9 Festus, however, anxious to ingratiate himself with the Jews, in answer, asked Paul, "Do you desire to go up to Jerusalem, there to be tried in respect of these matters before me?"
RF ACT 25:10 But Paul replied, "I am standing before the tribunal of the Emperor, where I ought to be tried. I have never injured Judeans, as also you have clearly ascertained.
RF ACT 25:11 If, however, I have injured, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not fear to die. But if there is nothing in what they charge me with, no man is able to dispose of me to gratify them. I appeal to the Emperor."
RF ACT 25:12 Then Festus, having conferred with his council, answered, "You have appealed to the Emperor; you shall go to the Emperor."
RF ACT 25:13 Festus and Agrippa.
When several days had intervened, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, to congratulate Festus.
RF ACT 25:14 And as they remained there for some time, Festus submitted the case of Paul to the king, remarking, "There is a man here who was left a prisoner by Felix,
RF ACT 25:15 respecting whom, on my arrival in Jerusalem, the chief priests and Judean senators asked for sentence to be pronounced against him.
RF ACT 25:16 I told them in reply that it was not a custom with the Romans to surrender any man, before the accused had his prosecutors face to face, and an opportunity afforded him of defending the charge brought against him.
RF ACT 25:17 When therefore they were assembled here, I took my seat upon the bench without delay on the following day, and ordered the man to be produced.
RF ACT 25:18 Against him, however, when the prosecutors appeared, they brought forward no criminal charge whatever, such as I had expected;
RF ACT 25:19 but merely some disputes in reference to their own superstition, and about one Jesus, a dead person, whom Paul asserted to be alive.
RF ACT 25:20 And being myself at a loss how to deal with such questions, I asked if he desired to go to Jerusalem, there to take his trial in regard to them.
RF ACT 25:21 Paul himself appealing, however, for his case to be deferred for the decision of His Majesty, I accordingly ordered him to be detained until I could send him to the Emperor."
RF ACT 25:22 "I should myself also like to hear this man," remarked Agrippa to Festus. "To-morrow, then, you shall hear him," was his reply.
RF ACT 25:23 So on the following day, Agrippa came, and Bernice, with stately pomp. And entering the audience-chamber with the Generals and the principal men of the city, Paul, at the command of Festus, was also brought in.
RF ACT 25:24 Festus then said: "King Agrippa, and all other men now present with us, you see this man, about whom the whole mass of the Judeans both at Jerusalem and here have distracted me, roaring that he ought to live no longer.
RF ACT 25:25 I found, however, that he had committed nothing deserving of death; and as he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
RF ACT 25:26 But concerning him I have nothing of a definite character to write to my master. I have consequently brought him out before you all—and especially before you, King Agrippa—so that after full examination, I may have something to write;
RF ACT 25:27 for it seems to me absurd, when sending a prisoner, not to notify at the same time the nature of the charges against him."




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