Thematic Bible
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Jerusalem » Roman government transferred from, to caesarea
Then he called in two of his officers and said to them, "Get two hundred men ready to march to Caesarea, with seventy mounted men and two hundred spear-men, by nine o'clock tonight."
Verse Concepts
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, and the high priests and Jewish leaders presented their charges against Paul, and begged him as a favor to order Paul to come to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way. read more.
Festus answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon. "So have your principal men go down with me," he said, "and present charges against the man, if there is anything wrong with him." After staying only eight or ten days there, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day took his place in the judge's chair, and ordered Paul brought in. When he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and made a number of serious charges against him, which they could not substantiate. Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish Law or the Temple or the emperor." Then Festus, wishing to gratify the Jews, said to Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?" But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see. If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is no truth in the charges that these men make against me, no one can give me up to them; I appeal to the emperor." Then Festus after conferring with the council answered, "You have appealed to the emperor, and to the emperor you shall go!" Some time after, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea on a state visit to Festus,
Festus answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon. "So have your principal men go down with me," he said, "and present charges against the man, if there is anything wrong with him." After staying only eight or ten days there, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day took his place in the judge's chair, and ordered Paul brought in. When he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and made a number of serious charges against him, which they could not substantiate. Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish Law or the Temple or the emperor." Then Festus, wishing to gratify the Jews, said to Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?" But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see. If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is no truth in the charges that these men make against me, no one can give me up to them; I appeal to the emperor." Then Festus after conferring with the council answered, "You have appealed to the emperor, and to the emperor you shall go!" Some time after, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea on a state visit to Festus,
Paul » His trial before governor festus
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, and the high priests and Jewish leaders presented their charges against Paul, and begged him as a favor to order Paul to come to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way. read more.
Festus answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon. "So have your principal men go down with me," he said, "and present charges against the man, if there is anything wrong with him." After staying only eight or ten days there, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day took his place in the judge's chair, and ordered Paul brought in. When he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and made a number of serious charges against him, which they could not substantiate. Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish Law or the Temple or the emperor." Then Festus, wishing to gratify the Jews, said to Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?" But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see. If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is no truth in the charges that these men make against me, no one can give me up to them; I appeal to the emperor." Then Festus after conferring with the council answered, "You have appealed to the emperor, and to the emperor you shall go!"
Festus answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon. "So have your principal men go down with me," he said, "and present charges against the man, if there is anything wrong with him." After staying only eight or ten days there, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day took his place in the judge's chair, and ordered Paul brought in. When he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and made a number of serious charges against him, which they could not substantiate. Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish Law or the Temple or the emperor." Then Festus, wishing to gratify the Jews, said to Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?" But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see. If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is no truth in the charges that these men make against me, no one can give me up to them; I appeal to the emperor." Then Festus after conferring with the council answered, "You have appealed to the emperor, and to the emperor you shall go!"
The Roman empire » Judea a province of, under a procurator or a governor
in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to Zechariah's son John in the desert.
Verse Concepts
After reading the letter, he asked Paul what province he belonged to, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,
Verse Concepts
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,