Acts 25:22-27 "I should like to hear the man myself," said Agrippa to Festus. "You shall hear him to-morrow," said Festus.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ²² "I should like to hear the man myself," said Agrippa to Festus. "You shall hear him to-morrow," said Festus. ²³ So next day Agrippa and Bernice proceeded with great pomp to the hall of audience, accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent civilians of the town. Festus then ordered Paul to be brought in. ²⁴ "King Agrippa and all here present," said Festus, "you see before you a man of whom the entire body of the Jews at Jerusalem and also here have complained to me. They loudly insist he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵ I could not find he had done anything that deserved death, so I decided to send him, on his own appeal, to the emperor. ²⁶ Only, I have nothing definite to write to the sovereign about him. So I have brought him up before you all, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, in order that I may have something to write as the result of your cross-examination. ²⁷ For it seems absurd to me to forward a prisoner without notifying the particulars of his charge."