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Acts 25:12

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10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar? unto Cæsar shalt thou go.

13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus.

14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

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BSB
Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
KJV
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar? unto Cæsar shalt thou go.
WEB
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”
ASV
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.
DARBY
Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.
BLB
Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”
ÅB
Festus talte da med sitt råd, og sa så: For keiseren har du innanket din sak; til keiseren skal du fare.
OTB
Etter å ha rådført seg med sitt råd, erklærte Festus: “Du har anket til keiseren; til keiseren skal du dra.”
B1930
Festus talte da med sitt råd, og sa så: For keiseren har du innanket din sak; til keiseren skal du fare.

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Cross references

  • Acts 19:21

    After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

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  • Philippians 1:12–14

    But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

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  • Philippians 1:20

    According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

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  • Daniel 4:35

    And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

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  • Acts 26:32–27:1

    Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.

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  • Acts 28:16

    And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

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  • Isaiah 46:10–11

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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  • Lamentations 3:37

    Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

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