Acts 25 (NET)

Acts 25:1¹Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:34Acts 18:22Acts 21:15Acts 25:5Acts 8:40

Acts 25:2²So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:15Acts 24:1Prov 4:16Rom 3:12-19Job 31:31

Acts 25:3³Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:12-15Acts 9:241 Sam 23:19-21Acts 26:9-11Acts 9:2Jer 18:18Jer 38:4John 16:3Luke 23:8-24Mark 6:23-25

Acts 25:4⁴Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:23

Acts 25:5⁵“So,” he said, “let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:16Acts 25:18-19Acts 25:25John 18:29-301 Sam 24:11-12Acts 18:14Acts 23:30Acts 24:8Ps 7:3-5

Acts 25:6⁶After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:10Acts 25:17Matt 27:192 Cor 5:10Acts 18:12-17Jas 2:6John 19:13

Acts 25:7⁷When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:13Acts 24:5-6Acts 25:24Luke 23:10Luke 23:2Ps 27:121 Pet 4:14-16Acts 21:28Esth 3:8Ezra 4:15

Acts 25:8⁸Paul said in his defense, “I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:12Acts 28:172 Cor 1:12Acts 28:21Acts 6:13-14Jer 37:18Acts 23:1Acts 24:17-21Acts 24:6Acts 25:10

Acts 25:9⁹But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:27Acts 12:3Acts 25:20Mark 15:15Acts 25:3

Acts 25:10¹⁰Paul replied, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 4:2Matt 27:18Acts 25:25Acts 26:31Acts 28:18Acts 16:37-38Acts 22:25-28Acts 23:29Acts 25:17Acts 25:6

Acts 25:11¹¹If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 28:19Ps 7:3-5Acts 25:25Acts 26:32Acts 25:21Josh 22:221 Sam 12:3-51 Sam 27:11 Thess 2:15Acts 16:37

Acts 25:12¹²Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:21Phil 1:12-14Phil 1:20Acts 23:11Acts 25:21Acts 26:32-27:1Acts 28:16Dan 4:35Isa 46:10-11Lam 3:37

Acts 25:13¹³After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:101 Sam 25:142 Sam 8:10Acts 25:22-23Acts 26:1Acts 26:27-28Acts 8:402 Kgs 10:13Mark 15:18

Acts 25:14¹⁴While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion, saying, “There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:27

Acts 25:15¹⁵When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:1Acts 25:1-3Esth 3:9Luke 18:3-5Luke 23:23

Acts 25:16¹⁶I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face-to-face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 7:51Deut 19:17-18Acts 23:30Acts 25:4-5Prov 18:17Acts 26:1Deut 17:4Prov 18:13

Acts 25:17¹⁷So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:10Acts 25:6

Acts 25:18¹⁸When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 25:19¹⁹Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:29Acts 18:151 Cor 15:3-41 Cor 15:14-20Acts 1:22Acts 17:22-23Acts 17:31Acts 18:19Acts 2:32Acts 25:7

Acts 25:20²⁰Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:9

Acts 25:21²¹But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:16Acts 25:10-11Acts 26:32-27:1Luke 2:1

Acts 25:22²²Agrippa said to Festus, “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, “you will hear him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:15Isa 52:15Luke 21:12Matt 10:18

Acts 25:23²³So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall, along with the senior military officers and the prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:13Acts 26:301 John 2:161 Cor 7:311 Pet 1:24Acts 12:21Acts 9:15Dan 4:30Eccl 1:2Esth 1:4

Acts 25:24²⁴Then Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:22Acts 25:7Acts 25:2-3Luke 23:21-23

Acts 25:25²⁵But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:29Acts 25:11-12Acts 23:9Luke 23:4Acts 26:31John 18:38Luke 23:14

Acts 25:26²⁶But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:2-3

Acts 25:27²⁷For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 7:51Prov 18:13