Acts 25:16-22

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶ I ^(A)replied to them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any person before ^(B)the 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 ^(C)the tribunal and ordered that the man be brought. ¹⁸ When the accusers stood up, they did not begin bringing any charges ^[a]against him of crimes that I suspected, ¹⁹ but they simply had some ^(D)points of disagreement with him about their own ^[b](E)religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive. ²⁰ And ^(F)being at a loss how to investigate ^[c]such matters, I ^[d]asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these matters. ²¹ But when Paul ^(G)appealed to be held in custody for ^[e]the Emperor’s decision, I ordered that he be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.” ²² Then ^(H)Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”