[영어 성경] Acts chapter 25
Ac. 25:1 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up
from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
Ac. 25:2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders appeared before
him and presented the charges against Paul.
Ac. 25:3 They urgently requested Festus, as a favour to them, to have
Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an
ambush to kill him along the way.
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Ac. 25:4 Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I
myself am going there soon.
Ac. 25:5 Let some of your leaders come with me and press charges
against the man there, if he has done anything wrong.”
Ac. 25:6 After spending eight or ten days with them, he went down to
Caesarea, and the next day he convened the court and
ordered that Paul be brought before him.
Ac. 25:7 When Paul appeared, the Jews who had come down from
Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges
against him, which they could not prove.
Ac. 25:8 Then Paul made his defence: “I have done nothing wrong
against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against
Caesar.”
Ac. 25:9 Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favour, said to Paul, “Are
you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me
there on these charges?”
Ac. 25:10 Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court,
where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the
Jews, as you yourself know very well.
Ac. 25:11 If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I
do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by
these Jews are not true, no-one has the right to hand me over
to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
Ac. 25:12 After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared:
“You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
Ac. 25:13 A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at
Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
Ac. 25:14 Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed
Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here
whom Felix left as a prisoner.
Ac. 25:15 When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the
Jews brought charges against him and asked that he be
condemned.
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Ac. 25:16 “I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over any
man before he has faced his accusers and has had an
opportunity to defend himself against their charges.
Ac. 25:17 When they came here with me, I did not delay the case, but
convened the court the next day and ordered the man to be
brought in.
Ac. 25:18 When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him
with any of the crimes I had expected.
Ac. 25:19 Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their
own religion and about a dead man named Jesus whom Paul
claimed was alive.
Ac. 25:20 I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if
he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there
on these charges.
Ac. 25:21 When Paul made his appeal to be held over for the Emperor’s
decision, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to
Caesar.”
Ac. 25:22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man
myself.” He replied, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”
Ac. 25:23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and
entered the audience room with the high ranking officers and
the leading men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul
was brought in.
Ac. 25:24 Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us,
you see this man! The whole Jewish community has
petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea,
shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
Ac. 25:25 I found he had done nothing deserving of death, but because
he made his appeal to the Emperor I decided to send him to
Rome.
Ac. 25:26 But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about
him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and
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especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this
investigation I may have something to write.
Ac. 25:27 For I think it is unreasonable to send on a prisoner without
specifying the charges against him.”
