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Paul
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Acts 23:2At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.Acts 23:3Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”Acts 23:4But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”Acts 23:5“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”Acts 23:10The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Acts 23:13More than forty of them were involved in this plot.Acts 23:14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.Acts 23:15Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”Acts 23:16But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”Acts 23:18So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”Acts 23:19The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”Acts 23:20He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.Acts 23:21Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”Acts 23:22So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”Acts 23:23Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.Acts 23:24Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”Acts 23:25And he wrote the following letter:Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.Acts 23:27This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,Acts 23:28and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.Acts 23:29I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.Acts 23:30When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.Acts 23:31So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.Acts 23:32The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.Acts 23:33When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.Acts 23:35he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.Acts 24:27After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.Acts 25:1Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,Acts 25:2where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged FestusActs 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.Acts 25:4But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.Acts 25:5So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”Acts 25:6After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.Acts 25:7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.Acts 25:8Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”Acts 25:9But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”Acts 25:10Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.Acts 25:11If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”Acts 25:12Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”Acts 25:13After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.Acts 25:14Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.Acts 25:15While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.Acts 25:16I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.Acts 25:17So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.Acts 25:18But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.Acts 25:19They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.Acts 25:20Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.Acts 25:21But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”Acts 25:22Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.Acts 25:23The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.Acts 25:24Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.Acts 25:25But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.Acts 25:26I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.Acts 25:27For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”Acts 26:4Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.Acts 26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.