'Now2three7days8after6Festus1had arrived in3the4province,5he went up9to10Jerusalem11from12Caesarea.13 And2the4chief priests5and6the7principal men8of the9Jews10laid out their case1against11Paul,13and14they urged15him,16 asking1as a favor2against3[Paul]4that5he summon6him7to8Jerusalem9—becausethey were planning11an ambush10to kill12him13on14the15way.16 Festus4replied5thatPaul8was being kept6at9Caesarea10and12thathe himself11intended13to go [there]16shortly.1415 “So,”2said he,5“letthe1men of authority6among3you4go down with7me, andif8there is10anything9wrong14about11the12man,13let them bring charges against15him.”16 After he stayed1among3them4not6more than7eight8or9ten10days,5he went down11to12Caesarea.13Andthe14next day15he took his seat16on17the18tribunal19andordered20Paul22to be brought.23 When1he3had arrived,1the6Jews10who had come down9from7Jerusalem8stood around4him,5bringing15many11and12serious13charges14against[him]that16they could18not17prove.19 Paul2argued in his defense,3“Neither5against6the7law8of the9Jews,10nor11against12the13temple,14nor15against16Caesar17have I committed19any18offense.”19 But3Festus,2wishing4to do8the5Jews6a favor,7said12to Paul,11“Doyou wish13to go up16to14Jerusalem15andthere17be tried20on18these [charges]19before21me?”22 But2Paul4said,1“I am10standing9before5Caesar’s8tribunal,7where11I12ought13to be tried.14To the Jews15I have done17no16wrong,17as18you yourself20know22very well.21 If1then3I am a wrongdoer4and5have committed8anything9for which Ideserve6to die,7I do11not10seek to escape11death.13But15if14there is17nothing16totheir19charges against20me,21no one22can24give26me23up26to them.25I appeal to28Caesar.”27 Then1Festus,3when he had conferred4with5hiscouncil,7answered,8“To Caesar9you have appealed;10to11Caesar12you shall go.”13 Now2when3some4days1had passed,3Agrippa5the6king7and8Bernice9arrived10at11Caesarea12andgreeted13Festus.15 And2as1they stayed5there6many3days,4Festus8laid11Paul’s15case1213before11the9king,10saying,16“There is19a18man17left20prisoner23by21Felix,22 andwhen3I4was3at5Jerusalem,6the8chief priests9and10the11elders12of the13Jews14laid out their case7against16him,17asking15for a sentence of condemnation18against16him.17 I answered3them2that4it was6not5the custom7of the Romans8to give up9anyone10before12the14accused15met18the19accusers20face to face1617and22had24opportunity21to make his defense23concerning25the26charge laid against him.27 So2when1they3came together1here,4I made7no6delay,5buton the8next day9took my seat10on11the12tribunal13andordered14the16man17to be brought.15 When3the4accusers5stood up,3they brought8no6charge7in his case12of such evils12as9I10supposed.11 Rather2they had8certain3points of dispute1with9him10about4their own6religion7and11about12a certain13Jesus,14who was dead,15butwhom16Paul19asserted17to be alive.20 Being at a loss1how to [investigate]5these6questions,7I asked8whether9he wanted10to go11to12Jerusalem13and14be tried15there14regarding16them.17 But2when4Paul3had appealed4to be kept in custody5for7the8decision11of the9emperor,10I ordered12him14to be held13until15I could send17him18to19Caesar.”20 Then2Agrippa1saidto3Festus,5“I would like6to hear11the9man10myself.”8“Tomorrow,”12said he,13“you will hear14him.”15 So2on the1next day3Agrippa6and7Bernice9came4with10great11pomp,12and13they entered14the16audience hall17with18the military tribunes20and21the23prominent2425men22of the26city.27Then,28at the command29of Festus,31Paul34was brought in.32 And1Festus4said,2“King6Agrippa5and7all8who are present with10us,11you see13this man14about15whom16the18whole17Jewish people1921petitioned22me,23both25in24Jerusalem26and27here,28shouting29thathe32ought31not30to live33any longer.34 But2I1found3thathe6had done8nothing4deserving5death.7And10ashe9himself11appealed12to the13emperor,14I decided15to go ahead andsend16him.9 ButI have9nothing48definite3to write5to [my] lord7about1him.2Therefore10I have brought11him12before13you14all,and15especially16before17you,18King19Agrippa,20so that,21after we have24examined23him,I may have25something26to write.27 For2it seems4to me3unreasonable,1in sending5a prisoner,6not7to indicate13the9charges12against10him.”11