1 Now when Festus had set foot in the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Ceasarea.
2 And the high priest and the prominent men of the Jews made known to him the case against Paul; and they were appealing to him,
3 asking for favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem--while planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
4 But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he was about to go there shortly.
5 "Therefore," he said, "the prominent men among you, let them go with me and accuse this man, if there is anything in this man."
6 And when he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.
7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious accusations against Paul, which they were not able to prove,
8 while he defended himself, saying, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar did I commit any sin."
9 But Festus, desiring to grant a favor to the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?"
10 But Paul said, "I am standing before the judicial bench of Caesar, by whom it is necessary for me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as also you know very well.
11 For if I am doing wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I am not trying to escape a death sentence; but if there is nothing in these things of which these people are accusing me, no one is able to deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar."
12 Then Festus, having talked together with the council, answered, " Have you appealed to Caesar? Before Caesar you shall go!"
13 And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and greeted Festus.
14 And as he was spending many days there, Festus laid before the king the charges against Paul, saying: "There is a certain man who was left a prisoner by Felix,
15 about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for punishment against him.
16 To them I answered, 'It is not a custom with Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the one being accused may meet his accusers face to face, and may receive an opportunity for defense concerning the charge.'
17 "Therefore when they had assembled here, having made no delay, on the next day I took my seat at the judicial bench, and I commanded the man to be brought in;
18 concerning whom, when the accusers stood, they brought no accusation of the things which I was supposing,
19 but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be living.
20 And being uncertain as to the investigation concerning this, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these charges.
21 But when Paul appealed that he be kept for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I may send him to Caesar."
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, "I also was wishing to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
23 Therefore on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with all pomp, and had entered into the auditorium together with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus had commanded, Paul was brought.
24 And Festus said: "King Agrippa and all the men who are with us, observe this man about whom the people of the Jews petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying against him that it is not fitting for him to live any longer.
25 But when I came to understand him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also he had appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
26 About whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you, and especially before you King Agrippa, in order that when this hearing is finished I may have something to write.
27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not to signify the accusations against him."
Acts 25 Cross References - CAB
Genesis 40:15
15 For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.
Deuteronomy 17:4
4 and it be told you, and you shall have inquired diligently, and behold, the thing really took place, this abomination has been done in Israel;
Deuteronomy 19:17-18
17 then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquiry; and behold, if an unjust witness has borne unjust testimony, and has stood up against his brother,
Joshua 22:22
22 God, even God is the Lord, and even God Himself knows, and Israel shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let Him not deliver us this day.
1 Samuel 12:3-5
3 Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before His anointed. Whose calf have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or who among you have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even as much as a sandal? Bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.
4 And they said to Samuel, You have not injured us, and you have not oppressed us; and you have not afflicted us, and you have not taken anything from anyone's hand.
5 And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness among you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they said, He is witness.
1 Samuel 13:10
10 And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, and to bless him.
1 Samuel 23:19-21
19 And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jeshimon?
20 And now according to all the king's desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.
21 And Saul said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have been grieved on my account.
1 Samuel 24:11-12
11 (24:12) And behold, the skirt of your mantle is in my hand, I cut off the skirt, and did not kill you. Know then and see this day, there is no evil in my hand, nor impiety, nor rebellion; and I have not sinned against you, yet you lay snares for my life, to take it.
12 (24:13) The Lord judge between me and you, and the Lord vindicate you on yourself. But my hand shall not be upon you.
1 Samuel 25:14
14 And one of the servants reported to Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them.
1 Samuel 27:1
1 And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered for death into the hands of Saul; and there is nothing better for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.
2 Samuel 8:10
10 And Toi sent Joram his son to King David, to ask him of his welfare, and to congratulate him on his fighting against Hadadezer and smiting him, for he was an enemy to Hadadezer: and in his hands were vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass.
2 Kings 10:13
13 And Jehu found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brethren of Ahaziah, and we have come down to greet the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.
Ezra 4:15
15 that examination may be made in your fathers' book of record. And you shall find, and you shall know that this city is rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for runaway slaves. Therefore this city has been made desolate.
Esther 1:4
4 And after this, after he had shown to them the wealth of his kingdom, and the abundant glory of his wealth during a hundred and eighty days,
Esther 3:8
8 And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them alone.
9 If it seems good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them, and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.
Job 31:21
21 if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:
Job 31:31
31 And if my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:
Job 31:38-40
38 If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;
39 and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking from him,
40 then let the thistles come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.
Psalms 7:3-5
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands)
4 if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.
Psalms 27:12
12 Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself.
Psalms 35:11
11 Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I knew not.
Psalms 37:32-33
Psalms 64:2-6
2 You have sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity;
3 who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;
4 to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.
5 They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?
6 They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,
Psalms 76:10
10 For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to You, and the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to You.
Psalms 140:1-5
1 For the end, A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man.
2 Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war.
3 They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause.
Proverbs 4:16
16 For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
Proverbs 18:13
13 Whoever answers a word before he hears a cause, it is folly and reproach to him.
Proverbs 18:17
17 A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Isaiah 5:14
14 Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing; and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down into it.
Isaiah 14:11
11 Your glory has come down to Hades, and your great mirth; under you they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be your covering.
Isaiah 46:10-11
10 declaring beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together; and I said, all My counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned;
11 calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned; I have spoken, and brought him; I have created and made him; I have brought him, and prospered his way.
Isaiah 52:15
15 Thus shall many nations wonder at Him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut; for they to whom no report was brought concerning Him shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.
Jeremiah 18:18
18 Then they said, Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.
Jeremiah 37:18
18 And Jeremiah said to the king, How have I wronged you, or your servants, or this people, that you have put me in prison?
Jeremiah 38:4
4 And they said to the king, Let that man be slain, for he weakens the hands of the fighting men that are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words; for this man does not prophesy peace to this people, but evil.
Lamentations 3:37
37 Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? The Lord has not commanded it.
Ezekiel 7:24
24 And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled.
Ezekiel 30:18
18 And the day shall be darkened in Tahpanhes, when I have broken there the scepters of Egypt; and the pride of her strength shall perish there, and a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be taken prisoners.
Ezekiel 32:12
12 with the swords of mighty men; and I will cast down your strength; they are all destroying ones from the nations, and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed.
Ezekiel 33:28
28 And I will make the land desolate, and the pride of her strength shall perish; and the mountains of Israel shall be made desolate by reason of no man passing through.
Daniel 4:30
30 the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honor of my glory?
Daniel 4:35
35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He does according to His will in the host of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand His power, and say to Him, What have You done?
Daniel 6:22
22 My God has sent His angel, and stopped the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me: for uprightness was found in me before Him; and moreover before you, O king, I have committed no trespass.
Matthew 5:11-12
Matthew 10:18
18 And you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the nations.
Matthew 26:60-62
60 and they did not find any. And though many false witnesses came forward, they did not find any. But at last two false witnesses came forward
61 and said, "This Man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it.' "
62 And standing up the high priest said to Him, "Do You answer nothing? What is it these men are testifying against You?"
Matthew 27:18
Matthew 27:23-24
23 Then the governor said, "Why, what evil did He do?" But they cried out all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified!"
24 And Pilate, seeing that nothing was being gained, but rather a riot was starting, taking water, he washed his hands clean in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just Man. You see to it."
Mark 6:23-25
23 He also swore to her, "Whatever you may ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
24 And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!"
25 Immediately she came in with haste to the king and she requested, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
Mark 15:3-4
Mark 15:15
15 So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered up Jesus, after he had Him flogged, so that He might be crucified.
Mark 15:18
18 and they began to salute Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
Luke 2:1
1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken of all the empire.
Luke 18:3-5
3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give justice to me against my adversary.'
4 And he did not want to for a time; but afterward he said within himself, 'although I do not fear God, nor have regard for man,
5 yet because this widow bothers me I will give justice to her, lest she wear me out by forever coming to me.' "
Luke 21:12
12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and they will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers on account of My name.
Luke 23:2
2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this Man perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."
Luke 23:4
4 But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this Man."
Luke 23:8-24
8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he was hoping to see some miracle being done by Him.
9 Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing.
10 And the chief priests and scribes stood, vehemently accusing Him.
Luke 23:10
10 And the chief priests and scribes stood, vehemently accusing Him.
11 Then Herod, with his men of war, having treated Him with contempt, and having mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.
12 That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.
13 And Pilate, having called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
14 said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, on the charge of misleading the people. And indeed, when I examined Him in your presence, I found no guilt in this Man in the matters which you bring as charges against Him;
Luke 23:14
14 said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, on the charge of misleading the people. And indeed, when I examined Him in your presence, I found no guilt in this Man in the matters which you bring as charges against Him;
15 and neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.
16 Therefore when I have flogged Him, I will release Him."
17 (for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).
18 But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas"--
19 who because of a certain insurrection having occurred in the city had been thrown into prison, and for murder.
20 Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them.
21 But they cried out, saying, "Crucify, crucify Him!"
Luke 23:21-23
Luke 23:22-23
22 Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil did He do? I have found no guilt deserving death in Him. Therefore when I have flogged Him, I will release Him."
23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.
Luke 23:23
23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.
Luke 23:23-23
John 7:51
51 Does our law judge a man before it hears from him first, and knows what he is doing?"
John 16:3
3 And these things they will do to you because they did not know the Father nor Me.
John 18:29-30
John 18:38
38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no fault in Him.
John 19:13
13 Therefore Pilate, having heard this saying, led Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Acts 1:22
22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection."
Acts 2:32
32 "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses."
Acts 6:13-14
Acts 8:40
40 But Philip was found at Azotus. And going through, he preached the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 9:2
2 and requested from him letters of authority to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he should find any who were of the Way, both men or women, he might bring them, having been bound, to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:15
15 But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is a chosen vessel to Me to bear My name before Gentiles and kings, and the sons of Israel.
Acts 9:24
24 But their plot became known to Saul. And they closely watched the city gates both day and night, in order that they might kill him.
Acts 12:3
3 And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded further to arrest Peter also (and then were the Days of Unleavened Bread),
Acts 12:21
21 And on an appointed day Herod, clothing himself with royal apparel, and sitting on the judgment seat, was delivering an address to them.
Acts 16:37-38
37 But Paul said to them, "They beat us publicly, although we were uncondemned Romans, and they cast us into prison, and now do they cast us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and lead us out."
Acts 16:37
37 But Paul said to them, "They beat us publicly, although we were uncondemned Romans, and they cast us into prison, and now do they cast us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and lead us out."
38 And the officers related to the magistrates these words, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.
Acts 17:22-23
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men, Athenians, according to all things I perceive you as being very religious;
23 for as I passed by and considered the objects of your worship, I found also an altar on which it had been inscribed: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, Him whom being ignorant of you worship, this One I announce to you:
Acts 17:31
31 because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He appointed, having given proof to all, by raising Him from the dead."
Acts 18:12-17
12 Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one purpose rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
14 And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If then it was some misdeed or wicked crime, O Jews, according to reason I would bear with you.
Acts 18:14-17
14 And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If then it was some misdeed or wicked crime, O Jews, according to reason I would bear with you.
15 But if it is a question about a word and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; for I do not wish to be a judge of these things."
Acts 18:15
15 But if it is a question about a word and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; for I do not wish to be a judge of these things."
16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
17 Then all the Greeks, taking hold of Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, were beating him before the judgment seat. And none of these things was a concern to Gallio.
Acts 18:19
19 And he arrived in Ephesus, and he left those two there; but he, having entered into the synagogue, reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 18:22
22 And having gone down to Caesarea, and having gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.
Acts 19:21
21 When these things were fulfilled, Paul resolved in his spirit, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."
Acts 21:15
15 Now after those days, having prepared, we went up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:28
28 crying out, "Men, Israelites, help! This is the man who is teaching all people everywhere against the people and the Law and this place; and furthermore he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."
Acts 22:22
22 Now they were listening to him until this statement, and they lifted their voice saying, "Take away such a man from the earth, for it is not fitting for him to live!"
Acts 22:25-28
25 But as they were stretching him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?"
Acts 22:25
25 But as they were stretching him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?"
26 And the centurion, hearing this, going to the commander he reported, saying, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman."
27 Then the commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."
28 And the commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship with much money." And Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."
Acts 23:1
1 Then Paul, looking intently at the council, said, "Men, brothers, I have lived with all good conscience toward God until this day."
Acts 23:9
9 And there came to be a great outcry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God."
Acts 23:11
11 Now on the next night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, Paul; for as you solemnly testified about the things concerning Me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."
12 Now when it was day, some of the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by a curse, saying neither would they eat nor drink until they would kill Paul.
13 And there were over four hundred who had made this plot;
14 who came to the chief priests and to the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves by oath with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you are going to determine more accurately the things concerning him; but we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him."
Acts 23:29
29 and I found that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had no accusation against him worthy of death or chains.
30 And when it became known to me that a plot against the man by the Jews was about to happen, I sent him at once to you, and also commanded the accusers to state the charges against him before you. Farewell.
Acts 23:34
34 And when the governor read the letter, he asked what province he was from. And learning that he was from Cilicia,
Acts 24:1
1 Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain attorney named Tertullus, who made known to the governor the charges against Paul.
Acts 24:5-6
Acts 24:6
6 who also attempted to profane the temple, whom we also arrested,
Acts 24:8
8 from whom you will be able, having judged him yourself, to learn about all these things of which we are accusing him."
Acts 24:12
Acts 24:17-21
17 And after many years I arrived to bring alms and offerings to my nation,
18 among whom some Jews from Asia found me, having been purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with turmoil,
19 who ought to be present before you and to make accusation if anything they might have against me.
20 Or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me, when I stood before the council,
21 unless it is because of this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you today.' "
Acts 24:23
23 And ordering the centurion to keep watch over Paul and to let him have some liberty, and not to forbid any of his own to serve or to come to him.
Acts 24:27
27 But after two years had passed, Felix received Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desiring to grant favors to the Jews, left Paul in prison.
Acts 25:1-3
1 Now when Festus had set foot in the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Ceasarea.
2 And the high priest and the prominent men of the Jews made known to him the case against Paul; and they were appealing to him,
3 asking for favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem--while planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
Acts 25:3-3
3 asking for favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem--while planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
4 But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he was about to go there shortly.
5 "Therefore," he said, "the prominent men among you, let them go with me and accuse this man, if there is anything in this man."
Acts 25:5-5
5 "Therefore," he said, "the prominent men among you, let them go with me and accuse this man, if there is anything in this man."
6 And when he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.
7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious accusations against Paul, which they were not able to prove,
Acts 25:9
9 But Festus, desiring to grant a favor to the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?"
10 But Paul said, "I am standing before the judicial bench of Caesar, by whom it is necessary for me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as also you know very well.
Acts 25:10-11
10 But Paul said, "I am standing before the judicial bench of Caesar, by whom it is necessary for me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as also you know very well.
11 For if I am doing wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I am not trying to escape a death sentence; but if there is nothing in these things of which these people are accusing me, no one is able to deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar."
Acts 25:11-12
11 For if I am doing wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I am not trying to escape a death sentence; but if there is nothing in these things of which these people are accusing me, no one is able to deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar."
12 Then Festus, having talked together with the council, answered, " Have you appealed to Caesar? Before Caesar you shall go!"
13 And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and greeted Festus.
Acts 25:15
15 about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for punishment against him.
16 To them I answered, 'It is not a custom with Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the one being accused may meet his accusers face to face, and may receive an opportunity for defense concerning the charge.'
17 "Therefore when they had assembled here, having made no delay, on the next day I took my seat at the judicial bench, and I commanded the man to be brought in;
18 concerning whom, when the accusers stood, they brought no accusation of the things which I was supposing,
19 but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be living.
20 And being uncertain as to the investigation concerning this, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these charges.
21 But when Paul appealed that he be kept for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I may send him to Caesar."
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, "I also was wishing to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
23 Therefore on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with all pomp, and had entered into the auditorium together with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus had commanded, Paul was brought.
24 And Festus said: "King Agrippa and all the men who are with us, observe this man about whom the people of the Jews petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying against him that it is not fitting for him to live any longer.
25 But when I came to understand him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also he had appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
Acts 26:1
1 then Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." So Paul, having extended his hand, spoke in his own defense:
2 I have considered myself fortunate, King Agrippa, being able to speak in my own defense today, concerning all the things of which I am accused of by the Jews,
3 especially since you are well versed both in all the customs and questions in relation to the Jews; therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Acts 26:9-11
9 Therefore I thought in myself that it was necessary to do many hostile things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene;
10 which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were being put to death, I cast my vote against them.
11 And I punished them often in all the synagogues, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even as far as to foreign cities.
Acts 26:22-23
22 Therefore, having obtained help from God, until this day I stand, witnessing both to common people and great people, saying nothing except the things which both the prophets and Moses spoke of as being about to happen,
23 that the Christ was to suffer, that as the first to rise from the dead, He was about to proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."
Acts 26:27-28
Acts 26:30
30 When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those sitting together with them;
31 and when they withdrew, they were speaking among themselves, saying, "This man practices nothing worthy of death or chains."
32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."
Acts 26:32-27:1
32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."
Acts 28:16
16 Now when we came to Rome, the centurion handed over the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier guarding him.
17 And it came to pass after three days that Paul called together those who were prominent among the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them: "Men, brothers, though I have done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans,
18 who, when they had examined me, were wanting to release me because there was no cause for my case.
19 But when the Jews spoke in opposition, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.
Acts 28:21
21 Then they said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brothers who arrived report or speak anything evil about you.
Romans 3:8
8 And why not say, "Let us do evil so that good may come"?--just as we are slandered, and just as some affirm that we say. The judgment of whom is just.
Romans 3:12-19
12 All have turned aside; together they became unprofitable; there is not one doing kindness, there is not so much as one."
13 "Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived"; " the poison of asps is under their lips";
14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Ruin and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they did not know.
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes."
19 Now we know that as many things as the law says, it speaks to those under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Romans 15:28-29
1 Corinthians 7:31
31 and those using this world as not using it up. For the form of this world is passing away.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
1 Corinthians 15:14-20
14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain and your faith also is vain!
15 And we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we bore witness concerning God, that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise--if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, then neither has Christ been raised.
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins!
18 Then also those who have died in Christ have perished.
19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have died.
2 Corinthians 1:12
12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.
2 Corinthians 4:2
2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.
2 Corinthians 5:10
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, in accordance with the things which he did, whether good or bad.
Philippians 1:12-14
12 But I want you to know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have come about for the advancement of the gospel,
13 so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ;
14 and most of the brothers in the Lord, having been persuaded by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.
Philippians 1:20
20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be ashamed, but with utmost boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are against all men,
2 Timothy 4:16
16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.
James 1:11
11 For the sun arose with burning heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and its beautiful appearance perished. So the rich man also shall fade away in his pursuits.
James 2:6
6 But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into court?
1 Peter 1:24
24 For "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
1 Peter 4:14-16
14 If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On the one hand He is blasphemed, but on the other He is glorified.
15 For let not anyone of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's affairs;
16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be put to shame, but let him glorify God in this matter.
1 John 2:16
16 Because everything that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not from the Father but is from the world.
Revelation 1:18
18 I am He who lives, and became dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Death and of Hades.