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Acts 26:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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Two years later Porcius Festus became governor in place of Felix. But since Felix wanted to do the Jewish leaders a favour, he kept Paul in jail.

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.

They looked into the charges against me and wanted to release me. They found that I had not done anything deserving death.

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.

The Lord said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen him to tell foreigners, kings, and the people of Israel about me.