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New English Bible (New Testament) |
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New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
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| 25 1 | THREE DAYS AFTER taking up his appointment Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, | Paul Appeals to Caesar Ac.25.1-12 | Φῆστος οὖν ἐπιβὰς τῇ ἐπαρχείᾳ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπὸ Καισαρείας, |
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| 2 | where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders brought before him the case against Paul. | | ἐνεφάνισάν τε αὐτῷ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι τῶν Ἰουδαίων κατὰ τοῦ Παύλου, καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν |
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| 3 | They asked Festus to favour them against him, and pressed for him to be brought up to Jerusalem, for they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. | | αἰτούμενοι χάριν κατ' αὐτοῦ ὁπως μεταπέμψηται αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐνέδραν ποιοῦντες ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν. |
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| 4 | Festus, however, replied, 'Paul is in safe custody at Caesarea, and I shall be leaving Jerusalem shortly myself; | | ὁ μὲν οὖν Φῆστος ἀπεκρίθη τηρεῖσθαι τὸν Παῦλον εἰς Καισάρειαν, ἑαυτὸν δὲ μέλλειν ἐν τάχει ἐκπορεύεσθαι· |
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| 5 | so let your leading men come down with me, and if there is anything wrong, let them prosecute him.'
| | Οἱ οὖν ἐν ὑμῖν, φησίν, δυνατοὶ συγκαταβάντες εἰ τί ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἀτοπον κατηγορείτωσαν αὐτοῦ. |
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| 6 | After spending eight or ten days at most in Jerusalem, he went down to Caesarea, and next day he took his seat in court and ordered Paul to be brought up. | | Διατρίψας δὲ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέρας οὐ πλείους ὀκτὼ ἢ δέκα, καταβὰς εἰς Καισάρειαν, τῇ ἐπαύριον καθίσας ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος ἐκέλευσεν τὸν Παῦλον ἀχθῆναι. |
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| 7 | When he appeared, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood round bringing many grave charges, which they were unable to prove. | | παραγενομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ περιέστησαν αὐτὸν οἱ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων καταβεβηκότες Ἰουδαῖοι, πολλὰ καὶ βαρέα αἰτιώματα καταφέροντες ἂ οὐκ ἰσχυον ἀποδεῖξαι, |
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| 8 | Paul's plea was: 'I have committed no offence, either against the Jewish law, or against the temple, or against the Emperor.' | | τοῦ Παύλου ἀπολογουμένου ὅτι Οὐτε εἰς τὸν νόμον τῶν Ἰουδαίων οὐτε εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν οὐτε εἰς Καίσαρά τι ἡμαρτον. |
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| 9 | Festus, anxious to ingratiate himself with the Jews, turned to Paul and asked, 'Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial on these charges before me there?' | | ὁ Φῆστος δὲ, θέλων τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις χάριν καταθέσθαι, ἀποκριθεὶς τῷ Παύλῳ εἶπεν, Θέλεις εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀναβὰς ἐκεῖ περὶ τούτων κριθῆναι ἐπ' ἐμοῦ; |
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| 10 | But Paul said, 'I am now standing before the Emperor's tribunal, and that is where I must be tried. Against the Jews I have committed no offence, as you very well know. | | εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Παῦλος, ἑστὼς ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος Καίσαρός εἰμι, οὗ με δεῖ κρίνεσθαι. Ἰουδαίους οὐδὲν ἠδίκησα, ὡς καὶ σὺ κάλλιον ἐπιγινώσκεις. |
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| 11 | If I am guilty of any capital crime, I do not ask to escape the death penalty; but if there is no substance in the charges which these men bring against me, it is not open to anyone to hand me over as a sop to them. I appeal to Caesar!' | | εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀδικῶ καὶ ἀξιον θανάτου πέπραχά τι, οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν· εἰ δὲ οὐδέν ἐστιν ὧν οὗτοι κατηγοροῦσίν μου, οὐδείς με δύναται αὐτοῖς χαρίσασθαι· Καίσαρα ἐ πικαλοῦμαι. |
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| 12 | Then Festus, after conferring with his advisers, replied, 'You have appealed to Caesar: to Caesar you shall go.'
| | τότε ὁ Φῆστος συλλαλήσας μετὰ τοῦ συμβουλίου ἀπεκρίθη, Καίσαρα ἐπικέκλησαι, ἐπὶ Καίσαρα πορεύσῃ. |
