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Acts 25:6

PaulCaesarea

4 But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

5 So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”

After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

7 When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

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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
After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
KJV
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
WEB
When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
ASV
And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
DARBY
And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
BLB
And having spent with them no more than eight or ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the next day having sat on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.
ÅB
Etter at han nå hadde vært bare åtte eller ti dager hos dem, dro han ned til Cesarea; dagen etter satte han seg på sitt dommersete og befalte at Paulus skulle føres fram.
OTB
Etter å ha tilbrakt åtte eller ti dager med dem, dro Festus ned til Cæsarea. Neste dag satte han seg på tribunalen og beordret at Paulus skulle føres fram for ham.
B1930
Efterat han nu hadde vært bare åtte eller ti dager hos dem, drog han ned til Cesarea; dagen efter satte han sig på sitt dommersete og bød at Paulus skulde føres frem.

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  • Acts 25:10

    Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

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  • Acts 25:17

    So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.

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  • Matthew 27:19

    While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:10

    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

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  • Acts 18:12–17

    While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

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  • John 19:13

    When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

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  • James 2:6

    But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

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