Acts 25:13-23

¹³Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

¹⁴And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

¹⁵Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

¹⁶To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

¹⁷So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

¹⁸But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind:

¹⁹But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.

²⁰And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

²¹But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

²²And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

²³So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.