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Acts 25:5

Weymouth NT

»Therefore let those of you,« he said, »who can come, go down with me, and impeach the man, if there is anything amiss in him.«

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But, when Paul was about to begin his defence, Gallio said to the Jews, »If it had been some wrongful act or piece of cunning knavery I might reasonably have listened to you Jews.

But now that I have received information of an intended attack upon him, I immediately send him to you, directing his accusers also to state before you the case they have against him.«

You, however, by examining him, will yourself be able to learn the truth as to all this which we allege against him.«

My reply was that it is not the custom among the Romans to give up any one for punishment before the accused has had his accusers face to face, and has had an opportunity of defending himself against the charge which has been brought against him.

I could not discover that he had done anything for which he deserved to die; but as he has himself appealed to the Emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.

Festus, however, replied that Paul was in custody in Caesarea, and that he was himself going there very soon.

After a stay of eight or ten days in Jerusalem –not more– he went down to Caesarea; and the next day, taking his seat on the tribunal, he ordered Paul to be brought in.




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