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Appeal » Paul makes, to caesar
And Paul said, "I am standing at Caesar's judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you also very well know. If, therefore, I am a wrong-doer, and have perpetrated anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but, if there is nothing in the things of which these accuse me, no one can deliver me as a favor to them. I appeal to Caesar."
But, as Paul appealed to be held for the decision of Augustus, I ordered, that he be held, until I should send him up to Caesar." And Agrippa said to Festus, "I myself also was wishing to hear the man." "To-morrow," said he, "you shall hear him." On the morrow, therefore, Agrippa and Bernice having come with great display; and, having entered into the audience-chamber, with both the chief captains and the principal men of the city, Festus having ordered it, Paul was brought. read more.
And Festus says, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out that it was not proper that he should live any longer. But I found that he committed nothing worthy of death; and, as he himself appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him: concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore, I brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order that, when the examination has taken place, I may have something to write; for it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to signify also the charges against him."
And Festus says, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out that it was not proper that he should live any longer. But I found that he committed nothing worthy of death; and, as he himself appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him: concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Wherefore, I brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order that, when the examination has taken place, I may have something to write; for it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to signify also the charges against him."
And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set at liberty, had he not appealed to Caesar."
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But, when the Jews spake against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I have anything of which to accuse my nation.
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Courts of justice » Of the romans in judea » Appeals from, made to the emperor
And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set at liberty, had he not appealed to Caesar."
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But, when the Jews spake against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I have anything of which to accuse my nation.
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If, therefore, I am a wrong-doer, and have perpetrated anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but, if there is nothing in the things of which these accuse me, no one can deliver me as a favor to them. I appeal to Caesar."
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Those who appealed to cæsar, to be brought before him
And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set at liberty, had he not appealed to Caesar."
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