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Acts 25:1 (show verse)
Festus then, having arrived in the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Acts 25:2 (show verse)
And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and they were urging him,
Acts 25:3 (show verse)
requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).
Acts 25:4 (show verse)
Festus then answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly.
Acts 25:5 (show verse)
“Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him.”
Acts 25:6 (show verse)
After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
Acts 25:7 (show verse)
After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him which they could not prove,
false Accusation » Incidents illustrative of » Against paul
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against paul
Falsehood » Instances of » Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to caesar
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Paul » His trial before governor festus
Witnesses, false » Examples of
FALSE » Witnesses » Examples of
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against paul
Falsehood » Instances of » Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to caesar
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Paul » His trial before governor festus
Witnesses, false » Examples of
FALSE » Witnesses » Examples of
Acts 25:8 (show verse)
while Paul said in his own defense, “I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
Acts 25:9 (show verse)
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges?”
Acts 25:10 (show verse)
But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.
Acts 25:11 (show verse)
If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
Appeal » Paul makes, to caesar
Change of venue » Declined by paul
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Appeal taken
Courts of justice » Of the romans in judea » Appeals from, made to the emperor
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Judge » Kings and other rulers as
King » Acts as judge
Paul » Appeals to be heard by caesar
Paul » His trial before governor festus
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » All appeals made to the emperor
Change of venue » Declined by paul
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Appeal taken
Courts of justice » Of the romans in judea » Appeals from, made to the emperor
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Judge » Kings and other rulers as
King » Acts as judge
Paul » Appeals to be heard by caesar
Paul » His trial before governor festus
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » All appeals made to the emperor
Acts 25:12 (show verse)
Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.”
Courts of justice » Judges of » Conferred together before giving judgment
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Judge » Kings and other rulers as
King » Acts as judge
Paul » Appeals to be heard by caesar
Paul » His trial before governor festus
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » All appeals made to the emperor
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Judge » Kings and other rulers as
King » Acts as judge
Paul » Appeals to be heard by caesar
Paul » His trial before governor festus
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » All appeals made to the emperor
Acts 25:13 (show verse)
Now when several days had elapsed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus.
Agrippa » Herod agrippa ii of the new testament facts concerning » He was the son of herod agrippa i, was king of chalcis, ituraea, trachonitis and abilene
Herods of the new testament » Agrippa ii facts concerning » He was the son of herod agrippa i, was king of chalcis, ituraea, trachonitis and abilene
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Paul » His examination before herod agrippa ii
Women » Social status of » In roman customs
Herods of the new testament » Agrippa ii facts concerning » He was the son of herod agrippa i, was king of chalcis, ituraea, trachonitis and abilene
Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Paul » His examination before herod agrippa ii
Women » Social status of » In roman customs
Acts 25:14 (show verse)
While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;
Acts 25:15 (show verse)
and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
Acts 25:16 (show verse)
I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.
Citizens » Rights of
Courts of justice » Both the accusers and accused required to appear before
Justice » Examples of human
Paul » His examination before herod agrippa ii
Prisoners » Permitted to make defense
Roman empire » The right of trial
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Accusers and accused confronted together
Courts of justice » Both the accusers and accused required to appear before
Justice » Examples of human
Paul » His examination before herod agrippa ii
Prisoners » Permitted to make defense
Roman empire » The right of trial
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Accusers and accused confronted together
Acts 25:17 (show verse)
So after they had assembled here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought before me.
Acts 25:18 (show verse)
When the accusers stood up, they began bringing charges against him not of such crimes as I was expecting,
Acts 25:19 (show verse)
but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.
Acts 25:20 (show verse)
Acts 25:21 (show verse)
But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.”
Acts 25:22 (show verse)
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”
Acts 25:23 (show verse)
So, on the next day when Agrippa came together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the auditorium accompanied by the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
Acts 25:24 (show verse)
Festus *said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.
Acts 25:25 (show verse)
But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
Acts 25:26 (show verse)
Acts 25:27 (show verse)
For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also the charges against him.”