Acts 25:18-24

¹⁸The Jewish leaders did accuse him, but the things about which they accused him were not any of the evil crimes about which I thought they would accuse him.

¹⁹Instead, what they argued about with him were some teachings that some Jews believe and others do not believe. They argued about a man whose name was Jesus who had died, but the man they were accusing, whose name is Paul, kept saying, ‘Jesus is alive again.’

²⁰I did not know what questions to ask them, and I did not know how to judge concerning their dispute. So I asked Paul, ‘Are you (sg) willing to go back to Jerusalem and have the dispute between you and these Jews judged there {and let me judge there the dispute between you and these Jews}?’

²¹But Paul answered, ‘ No. I am not willing to go to Jerusalem!

²²Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you will hear him.”

²³The next day Agrippa and Bernice came very ceremoniously to the assembly hall. Some Roman commanders and prominent men in Caesarea came with them. Then, Festus told an officer to bring Paul. So after the officer went to the prison and brought him,

²⁴Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all the rest of you who are here, you see this man. Many HYP Jews in Jerusalem and also those here in Caesarea appealed to me, screaming that we (exc) should not let him live any longer.