I will hear you, he said, when your accusers have come; and he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.

And he being called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Having obtained great peace by you, and things being happily arranged for this nation by your oversight in all things and in all places

But that I may not further weary you, I beg you to hear us briefly, with your clemency.

And the Jews also assented, saying, These things are so.

And they did not find me in the temple disputing with any one, or making a disturbance of the multitude, neither in the synagogues nor in the city;

Or let them say whether they found any unrighteousness in me when I stood before the Sanhedrim,

But Felix put them off, saying, Having learned more accurately of this way, when Lysias the chiliarch comes down I will decide concerning your matters,

And staying with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day, sitting on the tribunal, commanded Paul to be brought.

But Festus wishing to gratify the Jews, answered Paul and said, Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be tried by me for these things?

And Paul said, I stand at the tribunal of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have not injured the Jews, as you also know very well.

If indeed I have done wrong or committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if those things of which they accuse me are nothing, no man may give me up to them; I appeal to Caesar.

And Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.

especially as you are acquainted with all the customs and questions of the Jews; wherefore, I beg you to hear me patiently.

who knew me from the first, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

which our twelve tribes, serving God continually, day and night, hope to attain; of this hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

which I also did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were killed I gave my vote against them.

And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and witness both of what you have seen and [of visions ] in which I will appear to you,