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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 25

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Chapter 25 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Festus then, having arrived in 1the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from 2Caesarea.
  2. And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews 3brought charges against Paul, and they were urging him,
  3. requesting a [a]concession against [b]Paul, that he might [c]have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, 4setting an ambush to kill him on the way).
  4. Festus then 5answered that Paul 6was being kept in custody at 7Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly.
  5. “Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you [d]go there with me, and if there is anything wrong [e]about the man, let them [f]prosecute him.”
  6. ¶ After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to 8Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on 9the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
  7. After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing 10many and serious charges against him 11which they could not prove,
  8. while Paul said in his own defense, “12I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
  9. But Festus, 13wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “14Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and [g]stand trial before me on these charges?”
  10. But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s 15tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.
  11. If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I 16appeal to Caesar.”
  12. Then when Festus had conferred with [h]his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.”
  13. ¶ Now when several days had elapsed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at 17Caesarea [i]and paid their respects to Festus.
  14. While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man who was 18left as a prisoner by Felix;
  15. and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews 19brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
  16. I 20answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before 21the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.
  17. So after they had assembled here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on 22the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought before me.
  18. When the accusers stood up, they began bringing charges against him not of such crimes as I was expecting,
  19. but they simply had some 23points of disagreement with him about their own [j]24religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.
  20. 25Being at a loss how to investigate [k]such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.
  21. But when Paul 26appealed to be held in custody for [l]the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.”
  22. Then 27Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”
  23. ¶ So, on the next day when 28Agrippa came [m]together with 29Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the auditorium [n]accompanied by the [o]commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
  24. Festus *said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom 30all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that 31he ought not to live any longer.
  25. But I found that he had committed 32nothing worthy of death; and since he himself 33appealed to [p]the Emperor, I decided to send him.
  26. [q]Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.
  27. For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also the charges against him.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or favor
  2. ^ Lit him
  3. ^ Lit send for him to Jerusalem
  4. ^ Lit go down
  5. ^ Lit in
  6. ^ Or accuse
  7. ^ Lit be judged
  8. ^ A different group from that mentioned in Acts 4:15 and 24:20
  9. ^ Lit greeting Festus
  10. ^ Or superstition
  11. ^ Lit these
  12. ^ Lit the Augustus’s (in this case Nero)
  13. ^ Lit and Bernice
  14. ^ Lit and with
  15. ^ I.e. chiliarchs, in command of one thousand troops
  16. ^ V 21, note 1
  17. ^ Lit About whom I have nothing definite

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 23:34
  2. ^ Ac 8:40; 25:4, 6, 13
  3. ^ Ac 24:1; 25:15
  4. ^ Ac 9:24
  5. ^ Ac 25:16
  6. ^ Ac 24:23
  7. ^ Ac 8:40; 25:1, 6, 13
  8. ^ Ac 8:40; 25:1, 4, 13
  9. ^ Mt 27:19; Ac 25:10, 17
  10. ^ Ac 24:5f
  11. ^ Ac 24:13
  12. ^ Ac 6:13; 24:12; 28:17
  13. ^ Ac 12:3; 24:27
  14. ^ Ac 25:20
  15. ^ Mt 27:19; Ac 25:6, 17
  16. ^ Ac 25:21, 25; 26:32; 28:19
  17. ^ Ac 8:40; 25:1, 4, 6
  18. ^ Ac 24:27
  19. ^ Ac 24:1; 25:2
  20. ^ Ac 25:4f
  21. ^ Ac 23:30
  22. ^ Mt 27:19; Ac 25:6, 10
  23. ^ Ac 18:15; 23:29
  24. ^ Ac 17:22
  25. ^ Ac 25:9
  26. ^ Ac 25:11f
  27. ^ Ac 9:15
  28. ^ Ac 25:13; 26:30
  29. ^ Ac 25:13; 26:30
  30. ^ Ac 25:2, 7
  31. ^ Ac 22:22
  32. ^ Lu 23:4; Ac 23:29
  33. ^ Ac 25:11f

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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