Acts

And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul"s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar"s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix" room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.

And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.

Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: