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22 Then Agrippa (Herod Agrippa II) said to Festus (festival), “I would like to hear this man myself. “Tomorrow you will hear him, Festus declared. 23 The next day Agrippa (Herod Agrippa II) and Bernice (victorious) came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus (festival) ordered that Paul (humble) be brought in. 24 Then Festus (festival) said, “King Agrippa (Herod Agrippa II) and all who are present with us, you⁺ see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem (city of peace), crying out that he ought not to live any longer. 25 But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him. 26 I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign {kyriō} about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you⁺, and especially before you, King Agrippa (Herod Agrippa II), so that after this inquiry I may have something to write. 27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him. Acts 25:22-27, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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