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1 Festus then, having arrived in the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
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Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2 And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and they were urging him,
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where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.
3 requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way ).
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They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
4 Festus then answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly.
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Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5 "Therefore," he said, "let the influential men among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him."
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Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”
6 After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
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After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him.
7 After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him which they could not prove,
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When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.
8 while Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar."
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Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”
9 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges?"
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Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?”
10 But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.
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Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
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