Deeds (Act) of Apostles 25:11-19

¹¹For if I have annoyed, either done anything worthy death, I forsake not to die; but if nothing of those is, that they accuse me, no man may give me to them. I appeal to the emperor or to Caesar.

¹²Then Festus spake with the coun-cil, and answered, To the emperor or To Caesar thou hast appealed, to the emperor or to Caesar thou shalt go.

¹³And when some days were passed, Agrippa king, and Bernice came down to Caesarea, to welcome or to greet Festus.

¹⁴And when they dwelled there many days, Festus showed to the king of Paul, and said, A man is left bound of Felix,

¹⁵of which, when I was at Jeru-salem, princes of priests, and the elder men of the Jews came to me, and asked damnation against him.

¹⁶To whom I answered, That it is not custom to Romans, to damn any man, before that he that is accused have his accusers present, and take place of defending, to put away the crimes, that be put against him.

¹⁷Therefore when they came together hither, without any delay, in the day pursuing I sat for doomsman, and commanded the man to be brought.

¹⁸And when his accusers stood nigh, they said no cause of which things I had suspicion of evil.

¹⁹But they had against him some questions of their vain worshipping, or religion, and of one Jesus dead, whom Paul affirmed to live.