Act 24:25 |
But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and2532 the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you." |
Act 24:26 |
At the same time too2532, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul; therefore he also2532 used to send for him quite often and converse with him. |
Act 25:2 |
And the chief priests and2532 the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and2532 they were urging him, |
Act 25:7 |
After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and2532 serious charges against him which they could not prove, |
Act 25:10 |
But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also2532 very well know. |
Act 25:11 |
"If, then, I am a wrongdoer and2532 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 appeal to Caesar." |
Act 25:13 |
Now when several days had elapsed, King Agrippa and2532 Bernice arrived at Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. |
Act 25:15 |
and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and2532 the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. |
Act 25:19 |
but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and2532 about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive. |
Act 25:22 |
Then2532 Agrippa said to Festus, "I also2532 would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him." |
Act 25:23 |
So, on the next day when Agrippa came together with2532 Bernice amid great pomp, and2532 entered the auditorium accompanied by the commanders and2532 the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. |
Act 25:24 |
Festus said, "King Agrippa, and2532 all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and2532 here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer. |
Act 25:26 |
"Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and2532 especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write. |
Act 25:27 |
"For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also2532 the charges against him." |
Act 26:6 |
"And2532 now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers; |
Act 26:7 |
the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and2532 day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews. |
Act 26:10 |
"And2532 this is just2532 what I did in Jerusalem; not only2532 did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them. |
Act 26:11 |
"And2532 as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities. |
Act 26:12 |
"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and2532 commission of the chief priests, |
Act 26:13 |
at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and2532 those who were journeying with me. |
Act 26:16 |
'But get up and2532 stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and2532 a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; |
Act 26:17 |
rescuing you from the Jewish people and2532 from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, |
Act 26:18 |
to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and2532 from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and2532 an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.' |
Act 26:20 |
but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also2532 at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even2532 to the Gentiles, that they should repent and2532 turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance. |
Act 26:22 |
"So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and2532 great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and2532 Moses said was going to take place; |