that thou hast to tell me?

And he said, The Jews are come to entreat thee, that thou wouldest cause Paul to be brought before the council to morrow, as if they would better question him.

But thou trustest them not: for there hold upon him more than forty men of them, which have forbidden themselves neither to eat nor to drink until they kill Paul; and are now ready and waiting for thy promise.

Then the chief captain sent the young man away, and commanded him that he should tell no man that he had told him these things.

And he called unto him two captains, and said, Prepare two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred archers, at the third hour of the night.

And they prepared the beasts to set Paul upon them, and brought him in custody to Felix the governor.

And wrote a letter, saying thus:

Claudius Lysias the dear governor Felix joy before!

This man the Jews had taken, and would have killed him. Then I came with the people of war, and tore him from them, and learned that he was a Roman.

And when I had inquired of them the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him into their council.

Then found I that he was accused of the questions of their law, but had no accusation worthy of death or of bonds.

And it came to pass, when it was brought before me, that some of the Jews laid hold on him, that I sent him unto thee from that hour, and commanded the plaintiffs also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell!

The soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul, and led him by night to Antipatris.

And the next day they sent the horsemen with him, and turned again to the camp.

And when they were come to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor, and presented Paul also unto him.

And when the governor read the letter, he asked of what country he was. And when he found out that he was from Cilicia, he said:

I will question thee, when thine accusers are come. And commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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Chapter 24
Paulos accused before the governor Felix of the Jews.

For five days Ananias the high priest went down with the elders, and with Tertullus the orator, which appeared before the governor against Paul.

And when he was called, he began to accuse Tertullus, and said: 3. That we live in great peace under thee, and that many good deeds are done to this people by thy prudence, most dear Felix, we accept with all thankfulness in every way and in every place.

But lest I detain thee too long, I beseech thee, that thou wouldest hear us lately after thy kindness.

We have found this man injurious, and the sedition aroused all the Jews throughout the whole earth, and a chief of the sect of the Nazarenes,

Who also hath sought to profane the temple; whom also we took, and would have judged according to our law.

But Lysias the captain of the guard met it, and brought him out of our hands with great
violence.

And called his accusers unto thee, of whom thou mayest inquire, if thou wilt inquire, of all that we accuse him.

And the Jews also spake unto them, saying, It is so.

And Paul, when the governor beckoned him to speak, answered, Because I know that thou hast been a judge among this people many years, I will answer fearlessly.

For thou canst know that there are not more than twelve days since I came up to Jerusalem to worship.

Neither have they found me speaking with any in the temple, or making a disturbance among the people, or in the synagogues, or in the cities:

you can’t teach me what they’re suing me for either.

But this I confess unto thee, that after this way, which they call a sect, I serve the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets.

And have hope in God, which they themselves also wait for, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

But in the same I exercise myself to have an unharmed conscience in all things, both toward God and toward men.

But after many years I came, and brought alms unto my people, and sacrifices.

And they found me purifying myself in the temple without all tumult and tumultuousness.

Now there were certain Jews of Asia, which should be here before thee, and should accuse me, if they had any thing against me.

Or let these say themselves, whether they have found any thing wrong in me, while I stand before the council,

Without one word, when I stood among them, and cried: For the resurrection of the dead am I accused of you this day.

And when Felix heard these things, he brought them up: for he knew this way almost well, and said, When Lysias the centurion cometh down, I will inquire of your thing.

And he commanded the governor to keep Paul, and to let him have rest, and to forbid any of his own to minister unto him, or to come unto him.

And after some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, and demanded Paul, and heard him of the faith of Christ.

And when Paul spake of righteousness, and of chastity, and of the judgment to come, Felix was afraid, and answered, Go thy way this time; when I have convenient time, I will send for thee.

And he hoped that money should be given him of Paul, that he should let him go; wherefore he sent for him often, and consulted with him.

And when two years were expired, Portius Festus came in Felix’s stead. But Felix, wishing to do the Jews a kindness, left Paul captive behind him.
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Chapter 25
Paul appeals to the emperor before Festus.

Now when Festus was come into the country, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem about three days.

Then the chief priests and the chief of the Jews appeared before him against Paul, and exhorted him

And they besought favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem: and they pursued after him, and slew him in the way.

Then answered Festus, Paul would keep Caesarea, but he would go thither again shortly.

Now therefore whichever of you (said he) are able, let them go down with me, and accuse the man, if there be any thing in him.

And when he had been with them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea: and the next day he sat in the judgment seat, and sent for Paul.

And when he was come before him, the Jews that were come down from Jerusalem stood
about, and brought up many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove,

While he answered for himself: I have not sinned against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar.

And Festus, desiring to show favor to the Jews, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of this before me?

And Paul said: I stand before Caesar to be judged: I have done no hurt to the Jews, as thou also knowest well.

But if I have hurt any man, and if I have done death, I refuse not to die: but if it be not that they accuse me, no man can deliver me up unto them. I appeal to the emperor.

Then Festus consulted with the council, and answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar, thou shalt go to Caesar.

And after some days king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to receive Festus.

And when they had been there many days, Festus laid before the king the bargain of Paul, saying, There is a man taken captive, left by Felix,

For which cause the chief priests and elders of the Jews appeared unto me when I was at Jerusalem, and besought me to have him judged;

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of Romans that a man should be put to death devotedly, before the accused have received his accusers presently, and room to answer the charge.

And when they were come together, I tarried not, and the next day held court, and brought the man forward.

From which time the accusers arose, they brought up none of the causes that I have cared for.

And they had some questions against him of their superstition, and of one JEsus dead, whom Paul said was alive.

And when I understood not the question, I said, Would he go to Jerusalem, and be judged there?

But when Paul pleaded that he should be kept by the knowledge of Caesar, I commanded him to be kept, until I should send him to Caesar.

And Agrippa said unto Festus, I also would gladly hear the man. And he said, To morrow thou shalt hear him.

And the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and entered into the judgment house with the captains and chief men of the city: and when it was called Festus, Paul was brought.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all ye men that are with us here, behold, he for whom all the multitude of the Jews have enquired of me, both at Jerusalem, and here also, crying out that he should not live any longer.

But when I heard that he had done nothing worthy of death, and that he himself had appealed to Caesar, I determined to send him,

Of which I have nothing certain to write unto the LORD. Wherefore I have brought it forth before you, and most of all before thee, O king Agrippa, that after I have searched