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1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days 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 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
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where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.
3 asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; plotting 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 However Festus answered that Paul was kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.
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Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5 "Let them therefore," said he, "that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse 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 When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded 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 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges 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 he said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all."
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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, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?"
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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 judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
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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.
11 For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that these accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"
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If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go."
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After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
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