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Acts 25:13-27 — Festus Consults King Agrippa

Acts.25.13-27

¹³After some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus. ¹⁴As they were spending several days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a certain man whom Felix left behind as a prisoner, ¹⁵about whom, when I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. ¹⁶To them I answered that it is not the Roman custom to hand over any person as a favor before the accused has his accusers face to face and receives an opportunity for a defense concerning the charge. ¹⁷So when they had come together here , without making any delay, on the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought in. ¹⁸When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him concerning the evil things I suspected . ¹⁹Instead, they had certain disputes with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died, whom Paul kept affirming to be alive. ²⁰Being at a loss about the inquiry into these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these things. ²¹But when Paul appealed to be kept for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept until I should send him up to Caesar." ²²Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you will hear him.” ²³So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall with commanders and the leading men of the city. And at Festus's command Paul was brought in. ²⁴And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all you men present with us, you see this man about whom the whole body of the Jews petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him . ²⁶I have nothing certain to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the examination has taken place I may have something to write. ²⁷For it seems unreasonable to me, in sending a prisoner, not also to specify the charges against him."

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4/11/2026

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