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Acts 28:19

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Jewish leaders disagreed, so I asked to be tried by the Emperor. But I don't have anything to say against my own nation.

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Agrippa told Festus, “Paul could have been set free, if he had not asked to be tried by the Roman Emperor.”

I have not found him guilty of any crime deserving death. But because he has asked to be judged by the Emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.

But Paul asked to be kept in jail until the Emperor could decide his case. So I ordered him to be kept here until I could send him to the Emperor.

At once, Jesus made his disciples get into a boat and start back across the lake. But he stayed until he had sent the crowds away.