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Appeal » Paul makes, to caesar
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."
But Paul appealed to have his case reserved for his Majesty's decision, and I have ordered him kept in custody until I can send him to the emperor." "I should like to hear the man myself," Agrippa said to Festus. "You shall hear him tomorrow," Festus answered. So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and went into the audience-room attended by officers and the leading citizens of the town, and at the command of Festus Paul was brought in. read more.
Then Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present, you see here the man about whom the whole Jewish people have applied to me both at Jerusalem and here, clamoring that he ought not to live any longer. I could not find that he had done anything for which he deserved death, but as he appealed to his Majesty I decided to send him to him. Yet I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. So I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order to get from your examination of him something to put in writing. For it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner on, without stating the charges against him."
Then Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present, you see here the man about whom the whole Jewish people have applied to me both at Jerusalem and here, clamoring that he ought not to live any longer. I could not find that he had done anything for which he deserved death, but as he appealed to his Majesty I decided to send him to him. Yet I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. So I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order to get from your examination of him something to put in writing. For it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner on, without stating the charges against him."
"He might have been set at liberty," said Agrippa to Festus, "if he had not appealed to the emperor."
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But the Jews objected, and I was obliged to appeal to the emperor??ot that I had any charge to make against my own nation.
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Courts of justice » Of the romans in judea » Appeals from, made to the emperor
"He might have been set at liberty," said Agrippa to Festus, "if he had not appealed to the emperor."
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But the Jews objected, and I was obliged to appeal to the emperor??ot that I had any charge to make against my own nation.
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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."
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Those who appealed to cæsar, to be brought before him
"He might have been set at liberty," said Agrippa to Festus, "if he had not appealed to the emperor."
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