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13 Later King Agrippa and Bernice came to the city of Caesarea to welcome Festus. 14 Since they were staying there for a number of days, Festus told the king about Paul's case. Festus said, |Felix left a man here in prison. 15 When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the Jewish leaders brought me some information about him and asked me to condemn him. 16 |I replied to them, 'That's not the Roman way of doing things. A person can't be sentenced as a favor. Before he is sentenced, he must face his accusers and have a chance to defend himself against their accusation.' 17 |So the Jewish leaders came to Caesarea with me. The next day I immediately convened court and summoned the man. Acts 25:13-17, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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