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Paul
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Acts 23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.Acts 23:3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?Acts 23:4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?Acts 23:5And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.Acts 23:10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.Acts 23:13And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.Acts 23:14And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.Acts 23:15Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.Acts 23:16But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.Acts 23:17And Paul called unto him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.Acts 23:18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.Acts 23:19And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me?Acts 23:20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.Acts 23:21Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.Acts 23:22So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.Acts 23:23And he called unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night:Acts 23:24and he bade them provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.Acts 23:25And he wrote a letter after this form:Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.Acts 23:27This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.Acts 23:28And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:Acts 23:29whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.Acts 23:30And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.Acts 23:31So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.Acts 23:32But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:Acts 23:33and they, when they came to Cæsarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him.Acts 23:35I will hear thee fully, said he, when thine accusers also are come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s palace.Acts 24:27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.Acts 25:1Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Cæsarea.Acts 25:2And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,Acts 25:3asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.Acts 25:4Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Cæsarea, and that he himself was about to depart thither shortly.Acts 25:5Let them therefore, saith he, that are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.Acts 25:6And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.Acts 25:7And when he was come, the Jews that had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove;Acts 25:8while Paul said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Cæsar, have I sinned at all.Acts 25:9But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?Acts 25:10But Paul said, I am standing before Cæsar’s judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.Acts 25:11If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is true whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.Acts 25:12Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Cæsar: unto Cæsar shalt thou go.Acts 25:13Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at Cæsarea, and saluted Festus.Acts 25:14And as they tarried there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the King, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;Acts 25:15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for sentence against him.Acts 25:16To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.Acts 25:17When therefore they were come together here, I made no delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to be brought.Acts 25:18Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;Acts 25:19but had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.Acts 25:20And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.Acts 25:21But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him to Cæsar.Acts 25:22And Agrippa said unto Festus, I also could wish to hear the man myself. To-morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him.Acts 25:23So on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they were entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.Acts 25:24And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.Acts 25:25But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.Acts 25:26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I may have somewhat to write.Acts 25:27For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.Acts 26:4My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;Acts 26:5having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.