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Acts 25:22

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20 Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

21 But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.

23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

24 Then Festus said, “King Agrippa 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, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
KJV
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
WEB
Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
ASV
And Agrippa [said] unto Festus, I also could wish to hear the man myself. To-morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him.
DARBY
And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
BLB
And Agrippa [said] to Festus, “I have also been wanting to hear the man myself.” He says, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”
ÅB
Agrippa sa da til Festus: Jeg ville også gjerne høre denne mann. Han svarte: Imorgen skal du få høre ham.
OTB
Agrippa sa til Festus: “Jeg vil gjerne høre mannen selv.” Festus svarte: “I morgen skal du høre ham.”
B1930
Agrippa sa da til Festus: Jeg vilde også gjerne høre denne mann. Han svarte: Imorgen skal du få høre ham.

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Cross references

  • Acts 9:15

    “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 52:15

    so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

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  • Matthew 10:18

    On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

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  • Luke 21:12

    But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

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