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  Paul’s Trial Before Festus 25  Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,   2  where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.   3  They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.   4  Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.   5  Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.” 6  After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him.   7  When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prov...

  Paul’s Trial Before Felix 1. Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.   2  When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: “We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation.   3  Everywhere and in every way, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with profound gratitude.   4  But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly. 5  “We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect   6  and even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.   [7]  [ a ]   8  By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all...

Paul Before the Sanhedrin 30  The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews. So the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.  1 .  Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.”   2  At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.   3  Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!” 4  Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!” 5  Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your...