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"Therefore," he said, "let the influentialmenamong you go there with me, and if there is anythingwrongabout the man, let them prosecute him."
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After he had spent not more than eightortendaysamong them, he wentdown to 1Caesarea, and on the nextday he took his seat on 2the tribunal and orderedPaul to be brought.
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After Paul arrived, the Jews who had comedown from Jerusalemstoodaround him, bringing3many and seriouschargesagainst him 4which they could not prove,
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while Paulsaid in his own defense, "5I have committednooffenseeitheragainst the Law of the Jewsoragainst the templeoragainstCaesar."
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But Festus, 6wishing to do the Jews a favor, answeredPaul and said, "7Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and standtrialbefore me on these charges?"
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But Paulsaid, "I amstandingbeforeCaesar's8tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have donenowrong to the Jews, as you alsoverywellknow.
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"If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committedanythingworthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but ifnone of those things is true of whichthesemenaccuse me, noonecanhand me over to them. I 9appeal to Caesar."
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Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go."
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Now when severaldays had elapsed, KingAgrippa and Bernicearrived at 10Caesarea 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 11left as a prisoner by Felix;
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and when I was at Jerusalem, the chiefpriests and the elders of the Jews12broughtchargesagainst him, asking for a sentence of condemnationagainst him.