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When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed;
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but they had certain points of dispute with him about their own superstition and about one Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
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Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.
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But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be held until I could send him to Caesar."
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And Agrippa said to Festus, "I should like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," said he, "you shall hear him."
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So on the morrow Agrippa and Berni'ce came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then by command of Festus Paul was brought in.
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And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
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But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
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But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you, and, especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write.
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For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him."