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ThensaidPaul, I stand*atCaesar's judgment seat,whereIought to be judged: to the Jews have I donenowrong, as*thou very wellknowest.
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ForifI be an offender, or have committed any thingworthy of death, I refusenot to die: butif there benone of these things whereof theseaccuseme, no manmaydeliverme unto them. I appeal untoCaesar.
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ThenFestus, when he had conferredwith the council,answered, Hast thou appealed untoCaesar?untoCaesar shalt thou go.
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AndaftercertaindayskingAgrippaandBernicecameuntoCaesarea to saluteFestus.
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Andwhen they had beentheremanydays,FestusdeclaredPaul'scause unto the king,saying, There is a certainmanleft in bondsbyFelix:
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Aboutwhom,whenIwasatJerusalem, the chief priestsand the elders of the Jewsinformed me, desiring to have judgmentagainsthim.
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Towhom I answered*, It isnot the manner of the Romans to deliveranymantodie,beforethat he which is accusedhave the accusers face to face**, and havelicence to answer for himselfconcerning the crime laid against him.
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Therefore, when they were comehither,withoutanydelay on the morrow I saton the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
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Againstwhom when the accusers stood up, they broughtnoneaccusation of such things asIsupposed:
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Buthadcertainquestionsagainsthimof their ownsuperstition,andofoneJesus, which was dead, whomPaulaffirmed to be alive.
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And because Idoubted[a]ofsuchmanner of questions, I asked him whether he wouldgotoJerusalem, and there be judgedof these matters.