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Agrippa and Bernice meet Festus

AD 56 traditional (Jones)

Passage
Acts 25:13-21
People
Paul, Agrippa, Portius, Augustus, Bernice
Places
Caesarea, Jerusalem
Before
Paul appeals to Caesar
After
Paul goes before Agrippa

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Caesarea
  2. likely location: Jerusalem

Every verse

All 9 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Acts9 verses
  1. 25:13

    After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

  2. 25:14

    Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.

  3. 25:15

    While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

  4. 25:16

    I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

  5. 25:17

    So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.

  6. 25:18

    But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

  7. 25:19

    They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

  8. 25:20

    Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

  9. 25:21

    But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”