1Three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2 to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
4 that I was expecting.
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21vv 11, 12But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of his Imperial Majesty, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to the emperor.”
22Acts 9.15Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you will hear him.”
Paul Brought before Agrippa23 v 13 ; Acts 26.30So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then Festus gave the order and Paul was brought in.
24vv 2, 3, 7; Acts 22.22And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish community petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
25Acts 23.9, 29; 26.31, 32But I found that he had done nothing deserving death, and when he appealed to his Imperial Majesty, I decided to send him.
26But I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write,
27for it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner without indicating the charges against him.”
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