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1 φῆστος οὗν ἐπιβὰς τῇ ἐπαρχείᾳ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνέβη εἰς ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπὸ καισαρείας,

2 ἐνεφάνισάν τε αὐτῶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι τῶν ἰουδαίων κατὰ τοῦ παύλου, καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν

3 αἰτούμενοι χάριν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὅπως μεταπέμψηται αὐτὸν εἰς ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐνέδραν ποιοῦντες ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν.

4 ὁ μὲν οὗν φῆστος ἀπεκρίθη τηρεῖσθαι τὸν παῦλον εἰς καισάρειαν, ἑαυτὸν δὲ μέλλειν ἐν τάχει ἐκπορεύεσθαι·

5 οἱ οὗν ἐν ὑμῖν, φησίν, δυνατοὶ συγκαταβάντες εἴ τί ἐστιν ἐν τῶ ἀνδρὶ ἄτοπον κατηγορείτωσαν αὐτοῦ.

6 διατρίψας δὲ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέρας οὐ πλείους ὀκτὼ ἢ δέκα, καταβὰς εἰς καισάρειαν, τῇ ἐπαύριον καθίσας ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος ἐκέλευσεν τὸν παῦλον ἀχθῆναι.

7 παραγενομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ περιέστησαν αὐτὸν οἱ ἀπὸ ἱεροσολύμων καταβεβηκότες ἰουδαῖοι, πολλὰ καὶ βαρέα αἰτιώματα καταφέροντες ἃ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀποδεῖξαι,

8 τοῦ παύλου ἀπολογουμένου ὅτι οὔτε εἰς τὸν νόμον τῶν ἰουδαίων οὔτε εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν οὔτε εἰς καίσαρά τι ἥμαρτον.

9 ὁ φῆστος δὲ θέλων τοῖς ἰουδαίοις χάριν καταθέσθαι ἀποκριθεὶς τῶ παύλῳ εἶπεν, θέλεις εἰς ἱεροσόλυμα ἀναβὰς ἐκεῖ περὶ τούτων κριθῆναι ἐπ᾽ ἐμοῦ;

10 εἶπεν δὲ ὁ παῦλος, ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος καίσαρός ἑστώς εἰμι, οὖ με δεῖ κρίνεσθαι. ἰουδαίους οὐδὲν ἠδίκησα, ὡς καὶ σὺ κάλλιον ἐπιγινώσκεις.

11 εἰ μὲν οὗν ἀδικῶ καὶ ἄξιον θανάτου πέπραχά τι, οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν· εἰ δὲ οὐδέν ἐστιν ὧν οὖτοι κατηγοροῦσίν μου, οὐδείς με δύναται αὐτοῖς χαρίσασθαι· καίσαρα ἐπικαλοῦμαι.

12 τότε ὁ φῆστος συλλαλήσας μετὰ τοῦ συμβουλίου ἀπεκρίθη, καίσαρα ἐπικέκλησαι, ἐπὶ καίσαρα πορεύσῃ.

13 ἡμερῶν δὲ διαγενομένων τινῶν ἀγρίππας ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ βερνίκη κατήντησαν εἰς καισάρειαν ἀσπασάμενοι τὸν φῆστον.

14 ὡς δὲ πλείους ἡμέρας διέτριβον ἐκεῖ, ὁ φῆστος τῶ βασιλεῖ ἀνέθετο τὰ κατὰ τὸν παῦλον λέγων, ἀνήρ τίς ἐστιν καταλελειμμένος ὑπὸ φήλικος δέσμιος,

15 περὶ οὖ γενομένου μου εἰς ἱεροσόλυμα ἐνεφάνισαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν ἰουδαίων, αἰτούμενοι κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ καταδίκην·

16 πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος.

17 συνελθόντων οὗν [αὐτῶν] ἐνθάδε ἀναβολὴν μηδεμίαν ποιησάμενος τῇ ἑξῆς καθίσας ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος ἐκέλευσα ἀχθῆναι τὸν ἄνδρα·

18 περὶ οὖ σταθέντες οἱ κατήγοροι οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν ἔφερον ὧν ἐγὼ ὑπενόουν πονηρῶν,

19 ζητήματα δέ τινα περὶ τῆς ἰδίας δεισιδαιμονίας εἶχον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ περί τινος ἰησοῦ τεθνηκότος, ὃν ἔφασκεν ὁ παῦλος ζῆν.

20 ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν ἔλεγον εἰ βούλοιτο πορεύεσθαι εἰς ἱεροσόλυμα κἀκεῖ κρίνεσθαι περὶ τούτων.

21 τοῦ δὲ παύλου ἐπικαλεσαμένου τηρηθῆναι αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν τοῦ σεβαστοῦ διάγνωσιν, ἐκέλευσα τηρεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἕως οὖ ἀναπέμψω αὐτὸν πρὸς καίσαρα.

22 ἀγρίππας δὲ πρὸς τὸν φῆστον, ἐβουλόμην καὶ αὐτὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀκοῦσαι. αὔριον, φησίν, ἀκούσῃ αὐτοῦ.

23 τῇ οὗν ἐπαύριον ἐλθόντος τοῦ ἀγρίππα καὶ τῆς βερνίκης μετὰ πολλῆς φαντασίας καὶ εἰσελθόντων εἰς τὸ ἀκροατήριον σύν τε χιλιάρχοις καὶ ἀνδράσιν τοῖς κατ᾽ ἐξοχὴν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ κελεύσαντος τοῦ φήστου ἤχθη ὁ παῦλος.

24 καί φησιν ὁ φῆστος, ἀγρίππα βασιλεῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ συμπαρόντες ἡμῖν ἄνδρες, θεωρεῖτε τοῦτον περὶ οὖ ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἰουδαίων ἐνέτυχόν μοι ἔν τε ἱεροσολύμοις καὶ ἐνθάδε, βοῶντες μὴ δεῖν αὐτὸν ζῆν μηκέτι.

25 ἐγὼ δὲ κατελαβόμην μηδὲν ἄξιον αὐτὸν θανάτου πεπραχέναι, αὐτοῦ δὲ τούτου ἐπικαλεσαμένου τὸν σεβαστὸν ἔκρινα πέμπειν.

26 περὶ οὖ ἀσφαλές τι γράψαι τῶ κυρίῳ οὐκ ἔχω· διὸ προήγαγον αὐτὸν ἐφ᾽ ὑμῶν καὶ μάλιστα ἐπὶ σοῦ, βασιλεῦ ἀγρίππα, ὅπως τῆς ἀνακρίσεως γενομένης σχῶ τί γράψω·

27 ἄλογον γάρ μοι δοκεῖ πέμποντα δέσμιον μὴ καὶ τὰς κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ αἰτίας σημᾶναι.

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1  Now³⁷⁶⁷ when Festus⁵³⁴⁷ was come into¹⁹¹⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ province,¹⁸⁸⁵ after³³²⁶ three⁵¹⁴⁰ days²²⁵⁰ he ascended³⁰⁵ from⁵⁷⁵ Caesarea²⁵⁴² to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem.²⁴¹⁴

2  Then¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ high priest⁷⁴⁹ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ chief⁴⁴¹³ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ informed¹⁷¹⁸ him⁸⁴⁶ against²⁵⁹⁶ Paul,³⁹⁷² and²⁵³² besought³⁸⁷⁰ him,⁸⁴⁶

3  And desired¹⁵⁴ favor⁵⁴⁸⁵ against²⁵⁹⁶ him,⁸⁴⁶ that³⁷⁰⁴ he would send for³³⁴³ him⁸⁴⁶ to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁹ laying wait^{4160 1747} in²⁵⁹⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ way³⁵⁹⁸ to kill³³⁷ him.⁸⁴⁶

4  But^{3767 3303} Festus⁵³⁴⁷ answered,⁶¹¹ that Paul³⁹⁷² should be kept⁵⁰⁸³ at¹⁷²² Caesarea,²⁵⁴² and¹¹⁶¹ that he himself¹⁴³⁸ would³¹⁹⁵ depart¹⁶⁰⁷ shortly^{1722 5034} thither.

5  Let them³⁵⁸⁸ therefore,³⁷⁶⁷ said⁵³⁴⁶ he, which among¹⁷²² you⁵²¹³ are able,¹⁴¹⁵ go down with⁴⁷⁸² me, and accuse²⁷²³ this⁵¹²⁹ man,⁴³⁵ if there be any^{1536 2076} wickedness⁸²⁴ in¹⁷²² him.⁸⁴⁶

6  And¹¹⁶¹ when he had tarried¹³⁰⁴ among¹⁷²² them⁸⁴⁶ more⁴¹¹⁹ than²²²⁸ ten¹¹⁷⁶ days,²²⁵⁰ he went down²⁵⁹⁷ unto¹⁵¹⁹ Caesarea;²⁵⁴² and the³⁵⁸⁸ next day¹⁸⁸⁷ sitting²⁵²³ on¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ judgment seat⁹⁶⁸ commanded²⁷⁵³ Paul³⁹⁷² to be brought.⁷¹

7  And¹¹⁶¹ when he⁸⁴⁶ was come,³⁸⁵⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ which came down²⁵⁹⁷ from⁵⁷⁵ Jerusalem²⁴¹⁴ stood round about,⁴⁰²⁶ and laid⁵³⁴² many⁴¹⁸³ and²⁵³² grievous⁹²⁶ complaints¹⁵⁷ against²⁵⁹⁶ Paul,³⁹⁷² which³⁷³⁹ they could²⁴⁸⁰ not³⁷⁵⁶ prove.⁵⁸⁴

8  While he⁸⁴⁶ answered for himself,⁶²⁶ Neither³⁷⁷⁷ against¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ law³⁵⁵¹ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews,²⁴⁵³ neither³⁷⁷⁷ against¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ temple,²⁴¹¹ nor³⁷⁷⁷ yet against¹⁵¹⁹ Caesar,²⁵⁴¹ have I offended²⁶⁴ any thing⁵¹⁰⁰ at all.

9  But¹¹⁶¹ Festus,⁵³⁴⁷ willing²³⁰⁹ to do²⁶⁹⁸ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ a pleasure,⁵⁴⁸⁵ answered⁶¹¹ Paul,³⁹⁷² and said,²⁰³⁶ Wilt²³⁰⁹ thou go up³⁰⁵ to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁴ and there¹⁵⁶³ be judged²⁹¹⁹ of⁴⁰¹² these things⁵¹³⁰ before¹⁹⁰⁹ me?¹⁷⁰⁰

10  Then¹¹⁶¹ said²⁰³⁶ Paul,³⁹⁷² I stand^{1510 2476} at¹⁹⁰⁹ Caesar's²⁵⁴¹ judgment seat,⁹⁶⁸ where³⁷⁵⁷ I³¹⁶⁵ ought¹¹⁶³ to be judged:²⁹¹⁹ to the Jews²⁴⁵³ have I done no wrong,^{91 3762} as^{5613 2532} thou⁴⁷⁷¹ very well²⁵⁷³ knowest.¹⁹²¹

11  For¹⁰⁶³ if¹⁴³⁷ I³³⁰³ be an offender,⁹¹ or²⁵³² have committed⁴²³⁸ any thing⁵¹⁰⁰ worthy⁵¹⁴ of death,²²⁸⁸ I refuse³⁸⁶⁸ not³⁷⁵⁶ to die:⁵⁹⁹ but¹¹⁶¹ if¹⁴⁸⁷ there be²⁰⁷⁶ none³⁷⁶² of these things whereof³⁷³⁹ these³⁷⁷⁸ accuse²⁷²³ me,³⁴⁵⁰ no man³⁷⁶² may¹⁴¹⁰ deliver⁵⁴⁸³ me³¹⁶⁵ unto them.⁸⁴⁶ I appeal¹⁹⁴¹ unto Caesar.²⁵⁴¹

12  ¹¹⁶¹ Then⁵¹¹⁹ Festus,⁵³⁴⁷ when he had conferred⁴⁸¹⁴ with³³²⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ council,⁴⁸²⁴ answered,⁶¹¹ Hast thou appealed¹⁹⁴¹ unto Caesar?²⁵⁴¹ unto¹⁹⁰⁹ Caesar²⁵⁴¹ shalt thou go.⁴¹⁹⁸

13  And¹¹⁶¹ after¹²³⁰ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ days²²⁵⁰ king⁹³⁵ Agrippa⁶⁷ and²⁵³² Bernice⁹⁵⁹ came²⁶⁵⁸ unto¹⁵¹⁹ Caesarea²⁵⁴² to salute⁷⁸² Festus.⁵³⁴⁷

14  And¹¹⁶¹ when⁵⁶¹³ they had been¹³⁰⁴ there¹⁵⁶³ many⁴¹¹⁹ days,²²⁵⁰ Festus⁵³⁴⁷ declared³⁹⁴ Paul's³⁹⁷² cause²⁵⁹⁶ unto the³⁵⁸⁸ king,⁹³⁵ saying,³⁰⁰⁴ There is²⁰⁷⁶ a certain⁵¹⁰⁰ man⁴³⁵ left in bonds^{2641 1198} by⁵²⁵⁹ Felix:⁵³⁴⁴

15  About⁴⁰¹² whom,³⁷³⁹ when I³⁴⁵⁰ was¹⁰⁹⁶ at¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ chief priests⁷⁴⁹ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ elders⁴²⁴⁵ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ informed¹⁷¹⁸ me, desiring¹⁵⁴ to have judgment¹³⁴⁹ against²⁵⁹⁶ him.⁸⁴⁶

16  To⁴³¹⁴ whom³⁷³⁹ I answered,⁶¹¹ It³⁷⁵⁴ is²⁰⁷⁶ not³⁷⁵⁶ the manner¹⁴⁸⁵ of the Romans⁴⁵¹⁴ to deliver⁵⁴⁸³ any⁵¹⁰⁰ man⁴⁴⁴ to¹⁵¹⁹ die,⁶⁸⁴ before⁴²⁵⁰ that²²²⁸ he which is accused²⁷²³ have²¹⁹² the³⁵⁸⁸ accusers²⁷²⁵ face to face,^{2596 4383} and⁵⁰³⁷ have license^{2983 5117} to answer for himself⁶²⁷ concerning⁴⁰¹² the³⁵⁸⁸ crime laid against him.¹⁴⁶²

17  Therefore,³⁷⁶⁷ when they⁸⁴⁶ were come⁴⁹⁰⁵ hither,¹⁷⁵⁹ without any³³⁶⁷ delay³¹¹ on the³⁵⁸⁸ morrow¹⁸³⁶ I sat²⁵²³ on¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ judgment seat,⁹⁶⁸ and commanded²⁷⁵³ the³⁵⁸⁸ man⁴³⁵ to be brought forth.⁷¹

18  Against⁴⁰¹² whom³⁷³⁹ when the³⁵⁸⁸ accusers²⁷²⁵ stood up,²⁴⁷⁶ they brought²⁰¹⁸ none³⁷⁶² accusation¹⁵⁶ of such things³⁷³⁹ as I¹⁴⁷³ supposed:⁵²⁸²

19  But¹¹⁶¹ had²¹⁹² certain⁵¹⁰⁰ questions²²¹³ against⁴³¹⁴ him⁸⁴⁶ of⁴⁰¹² their own²³⁹⁸ superstition,¹¹⁷⁵ and²⁵³² of⁴⁰¹² one⁵¹⁰⁰ Jesus,²⁴²⁴ which was dead,²³⁴⁸ whom³⁷³⁹ Paul³⁹⁷² affirmed⁵³³⁵ to be alive.²¹⁹⁸

20  And¹¹⁶¹ because I¹⁴⁷³ doubted⁶³⁹ of¹⁵¹⁹ such manner of questions,^{2214 4012 5127} I asked³⁰⁰⁴ him whether¹⁴⁸⁷ he would¹⁰¹⁴ go⁴¹⁹⁸ to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁹ and there²⁵⁴⁶ be judged²⁹¹⁹ of⁴⁰¹² these matters.⁵¹³⁰

21  But¹¹⁶¹ when Paul³⁹⁷² had appealed¹⁹⁴¹ to be⁸⁴⁶ reserved⁵⁰⁸³ unto¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ hearing¹²³³ of Augustus,⁴⁵⁷⁵ I commanded²⁷⁵³ him⁸⁴⁶ to be kept⁵⁰⁸³ till^{2193 3757} I might send³⁹⁹² him⁸⁴⁶ to⁴³¹⁴ Caesar.²⁵⁴¹

22  Then¹¹⁶¹ Agrippa⁶⁷ said⁵³⁴⁶ unto⁴³¹⁴ Festus,⁵³⁴⁷ I would¹⁰¹⁴ also²⁵³² hear¹⁹¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ man⁴⁴⁴ myself.^{848 1161} Tomorrow,⁸³⁹ said⁵³⁴⁶ he,³⁵⁸⁸ thou shalt hear¹⁹¹ him.⁸⁴⁶

23  And³⁷⁶⁷ on the³⁵⁸⁸ morrow,¹⁸⁸⁷ when Agrippa⁶⁷ was come,²⁰⁶⁴ and²⁵³² Bernice,⁹⁵⁹ with³³²⁶ great⁴¹⁸³ pomp,⁵³²⁵ and²⁵³² was entered¹⁵²⁵ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ place of hearing,²⁰¹ with^{4862 5037} the³⁵⁸⁸ chief captains,⁵⁵⁰⁶ and²⁵³² principal^{2596 1851} men⁴³⁵ of⁵⁶⁰⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ city,⁴¹⁷² at²⁵³² Festus'⁵³⁴⁷ commandment²⁷⁵³ Paul³⁹⁷² was brought forth.⁷¹

24  And²⁵³² Festus⁵³⁴⁷ said,⁵³⁴⁶ King⁹³⁵ Agrippa,⁶⁷ and²⁵³² all³⁹⁵⁶ men⁴³⁵ which are here present⁴⁸⁴⁰ with us,²²⁵⁴ ye see²³³⁴ this man,⁵¹²⁶ about⁴⁰¹² whom³⁷³⁹ all³⁹⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ multitude⁴¹²⁸ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ have dealt¹⁷⁹³ with me,³⁴²⁷ both⁵⁰³⁷ at¹⁷²² Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁴ and²⁵³² also here,¹⁷⁵⁹ crying¹⁹¹⁶ that he⁸⁴⁶ ought¹¹⁶³ not³³⁶¹ to live²¹⁹⁸ any longer.³³⁷¹

25  But¹¹⁶¹ when I¹⁴⁷³ found²⁶³⁸ that he⁸⁴⁶ had committed⁴²³⁸ nothing³³⁶⁷ worthy⁵¹⁴ of death,²²⁸⁸ and¹¹⁶¹ that he⁵¹²⁷ himself⁸⁴⁸ hath²⁵³² appealed¹⁹⁴¹ to Augustus,⁴⁵⁷⁵ I have determined²⁹¹⁹ to send³⁹⁹² him.⁸⁴⁶

26  Of⁴⁰¹² whom³⁷³⁹ I have²¹⁹² no³⁷⁵⁶ certain thing^{804 5100} to write¹¹²⁵ unto my lord.²⁹⁶² Wherefore¹³⁵² I have brought him forth^{4254 846} before¹⁹⁰⁹ you,⁵²¹⁶ and²⁵³² especially³¹²² before¹⁹⁰⁹ thee,⁴⁶⁷⁵ O king⁹³⁵ Agrippa,⁶⁷ that,³⁷⁰⁴ after examination³⁵¹ had,¹⁰⁹⁶ I might have²¹⁹² somewhat⁵¹⁰⁰ to write.¹¹²⁵

27  For¹⁰⁶³ it seemeth¹³⁸⁰ to me³⁴²⁷ unreasonable²⁴⁹ to send³⁹⁹² a prisoner,¹¹⁹⁸ and²⁵³² not³³⁶¹ withal²⁵³² to signify⁴⁵⁹¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ crimes¹⁵⁶ laid against²⁵⁹⁶ him.⁸⁴⁶

Vul

1 Festus ergo cum venisset in provinciam, post triduum ascendit Jerosolymam a Cæsarea.

2 Adieruntque eum principes sacerdotum et primi Judæorum adversus Paulum: et rogabant eum,

3 postulantes gratiam adversus eum, ut juberet perduci eum in Jerusalem, insidias tendentes ut interficerent eum in via.

4 Festus autem respondit servari Paulum in Cæsarea: se autem maturius profecturum.

5 Qui ergo in vobis, ait, potentes sunt, descendentes simul, si quod est in viro crimen, accusent eum.

6 Demoratus autem inter eos dies non amplius quam octo aut decem, descendit Cæsaream, et altera die sedit pro tribunali, et jussit Paulum adduci.

7 Qui cum perductus esset, circumsteterunt eum, qui ab Jerosolyma descenderant Judæi, multas et graves causas objicientes, quas non poterant probare:

8 Paulo rationem reddente: Quoniam neque in legem Judæorum, neque in templum, neque in Cæsarem quidquam peccavi.

9 Festus autem volens gratiam præstare Judæis, respondens Paulo, dixit: Vis Jerosolymam ascendere, et ibi de his judicari apud me?

10 Dixit autem Paulus: Ad tribunal Cæsaris sto: ibi me oportet judicari: Judæis non nocui, sicut tu melius nosti.

11 Si enim nocui, aut dignum morte aliquid feci, non recuso mori: si vero nihil est eorum quæ hi accusant me, nemo potest me illis donare. Cæsarem appello.

12 Tunc Festus cum concilio locutus, respondit: Cæsarem appellasti? ad Cæsarem ibis.

13 Et cum dies aliquot transacti essent, Agrippa rex et Bernice descenderunt Cæsaream ad salutandum Festum.

14 Et cum dies plures ibi demorarentur, Festus regi indicavit de Paulo, dicens: Vir quidam est derelictus a Felice vinctus,

15 de quo cum essem Jerosolymis, adierunt me principes sacerdotum et seniores Judæorum, postulantes adversus illum damnationem.

16 Ad quos respondi: Quia non est Romanis consuetudo damnare aliquem hominem priusquam is qui accusatur præsentes habeat accusatores, locumque defendendi accipiat ad abluenda crimina.

17 Cum ergo huc convenissent sine ulla dilatione, sequenti die sedens pro tribunali, jussi adduci virum.

18 De quo, cum stetissent accusatores, nullam causam deferebant, de quibus ego suspicabar malum.

19 Quæstiones vero quasdam de sua superstitione habebant adversus eum, et de quodam Jesu defuncto, quem affirmabat Paulus vivere.

20 Hæsitans autem ego de hujusmodi quæstione, dicebam si vellet ire Jerosolymam, et ibi judicari de istis.

21 Paulo autem appellante ut servaretur ad Augusti cognitionem, jussi servari eum, donec mittam eum ad Cæsarem.

22 Agrippa autem dixit ad Festum: Volebam et ipse hominem audire. Cras, inquit, audies eum.

23 Altera autem die cum venisset Agrippa et Bernice cum multa ambitione, et introissent in auditorium cum tribunis et viris principalibus civitatis, jubente Festo, adductus est Paulus.

24 Et dicit Festus: Agrippa rex, et omnes qui simul adestis nobiscum viri, videtis hunc de quo omnis multitudo Judæorum interpellavit me Jerosolymis, petentes et acclamantes non oportere eum vivere amplius.

25 Ego vere comperi nihil dignum morte eum admisisse. Ipso autem hoc appellante ad Augustum, judicavi mittere.

26 De quo quid certum scribam domino, non habeo. Propter quod produxi eum ad vos, et maxime ad te, rex Agrippa, ut interrogatione facta habeam quid scribam.

27 Sine ratione enim mihi videtur mittere vinctum, et causas ejus non significare.