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ThenFestus, when he had conferredwith the council,answered , Hast thou appealed untoCaesar?untoCaesar shalt thou go .
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AndaftercertaindayskingAgrippaandBernicecameuntoCaesarea to saluteFestus.
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Andwhen they had beentheremanydays,FestusdeclaredPaul'scause unto the king,saying , There is a certainmanleft in bondsbyFelix:
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Aboutwhom,whenIwasatJerusalem, the chief priestsand the elders of the Jewsinformed me, desiring to have judgmentagainsthim.
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Towhom I answered* , It isnot the manner of the Romans to deliveranymantodie,beforethat he which is accusedhave the accusers face to face**, and havelicence to answer for himselfconcerning the crime laid against him.
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Therefore, when they were comehither,withoutanydelay on the morrow I saton the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth .
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Againstwhom when the accusers stood up , they broughtnoneaccusation of such things asIsupposed :
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Buthadcertainquestionsagainsthimof their ownsuperstition,andofoneJesus, which was dead , whomPaulaffirmed to be alive .
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And because Idoubtedofsuchmanner of questions, I asked him whether he wouldgotoJerusalem, and there be judgedof these matters.
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But when Paul had appealed to be reserved*unto the hearing of Augustus, I commandedhim to be kepttillI might sendhimtoCaesar.
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ThenAgrippasaiduntoFestus, I wouldalsohear the manmyself. To morrow*, said he, thou shalt hearhim.