Acts 25:4-12
New International Version
4 Festus answered, “Paul is being held(A) at Caesarea,(B) and I myself am going there soon. 5 Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”
6 After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court(C) and ordered that Paul be brought before him.(D) 7 When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him,(E) but they could not prove them.(F)
8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple(G) or against Caesar.”
9 Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor,(H) said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?”(I)
10 Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews,(J) as you yourself know very well. 11 If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”(K)
12 After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
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