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Now when severaldays had elapsed, KingAgrippa and Bernicearrived at 1Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus.
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While they were spendingmanydaysthere, FestuslaidPaul'scase* before the king, saying, "There is a man who was 2left as a prisoner by Felix;
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and when I was at Jerusalem, the chiefpriests and the elders of the Jews3broughtchargesagainst him, asking for a sentence of condemnationagainst him.
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"I 4answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over anymanbefore5the accusedmeets his accusersface to face and has an opportunity to make his defenseagainst the charges.
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"So after they had assembledhere, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on 6the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought before me.
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"When the accusersstood up, they began bringingchargesagainst him not of suchcrimes as I was expecting,
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but they simply hadsome7points of disagreement with him about their own8religion and about a deadman, Jesus, whomPaulasserted to be alive.
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"9Being at a losshow to investigatesuch matters, I askedwhether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and therestandtrial on these matters.
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"But when Paul10appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor'sdecision, I ordered him to be kept in custodyuntil I send him to Caesar."
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Then11Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the manmyself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
Paul before Agrippa
23So, on the nextday when 12Agrippacametogether with 13Berniceamidgreatpomp, and entered the auditoriumaccompanied by the commanders and the prominentmen of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.