Acts 25:6
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Acts 25:6
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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
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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,
Acts 25:8
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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
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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
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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
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~"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."
Acts 25:12
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Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go."
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