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Atos 25 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
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1Three days after Festus arrived in Caesarea to take up his duties as governor, he went up to Jerusalem.
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1Three days after Festus arrived in Caesarea to take over his new responsibilities, he left for Jerusalem,
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2The high priests and top leaders renewed their vendetta against Paul.
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2where the leading priests and other Jewish leaders met with him and made their accusations against Paul.
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3They asked Festus if he wouldn't please do them a favor by sending Paul to Jerusalem to respond to their charges. A lie, of course—they had revived their old plot to set an ambush and kill him along the way.
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3They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem (planning to ambush and kill him on the way).
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4Festus answered that Caesarea was the proper jurisdiction for Paul, and that he himself was going back there in a few days.
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4But Festus replied that Paul was at Caesarea and he himself would be returning there soon.
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5"You're perfectly welcome," he said, "to go back with me then and accuse him of whatever you think he's done wrong."
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5So he said, “Those of you in authority can return with me. If Paul has done anything wrong, you can make your accusations.”
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6About eight or ten days later, Festus returned to Caesarea. The next morning he took his place in the courtroom and had Paul brought in.
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6About eight or ten days later Festus returned to Caesarea, and on the following day he took his seat in court and ordered that Paul be brought in.
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7The minute he walked in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem were all over him, hurling the most extreme accusations, none of which they could prove.
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7When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders from Jerusalem gathered around and made many serious accusations they couldn’t prove.
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8Then Paul took the stand and said simply, "I've done nothing wrong against the Jewish religion, or the Temple, or Caesar. Period."
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8Paul denied the charges. “I am not guilty of any crime against the Jewish laws or the Temple or the Roman government,” he said.
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9Festus, though, wanted to get on the good side of the Jews and so said, "How would you like to go up to Jerusalem, and let me conduct your trial there?"
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9Then Festus, wanting to please the Jews, asked him, “Are you willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there?”
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10Paul answered, "I'm standing at this moment before Caesar's bar of justice, where I have a perfect right to stand. And I'm going to keep standing here. I've done nothing wrong to the Jews, and you know it as well as I do.
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10But Paul replied, “No! This is the official Roman court, so I ought to be tried right here. You know very well I am not guilty of harming the Jews.
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11If I've committed a crime and deserve death, name the day. I can face it. But if there's nothing to their accusations—and you know there isn't—nobody can force me to go along with their nonsense. We've fooled around here long enough. I appeal to Caesar."
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11If I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die. But if I am innocent, no one has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!”
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12Festus huddled with his advisors briefly and then gave his verdict: "You've appealed to Caesar; you'll go to Caesar!"
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12Festus conferred with his advisers and then replied, “Very well! You have appealed to Caesar, and to Caesar you will go!”
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13A few days later King Agrippa and his wife, Bernice, visited Caesarea to welcome Festus to his new post.
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13A few days later King Agrippa arrived with his sister, Bernice, to pay their respects to Festus.
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14After several days, Festus brought up Paul's case to the king. "I have a man on my hands here, a prisoner left by Felix.
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14During their stay of several days, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. “There is a prisoner here,” he told him, “whose case was left for me by Felix.
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15When I was in Jerusalem, the high priests and Jewish leaders brought a bunch of accusations against him and wanted me to sentence him to death.
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15When I was in Jerusalem, the leading priests and Jewish elders pressed charges against him and asked me to condemn him.
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16I told them that wasn't the way we Romans did things. Just because a man is accused, we don't throw him out to the dogs. We make sure the accused has a chance to face his accusers and defend himself of the charges.
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16I pointed out to them that Roman law does not convict people without a trial. They must be given an opportunity to confront their accusers and defend themselves.
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17So when they came down here I got right on the case. I took my place in the courtroom and put the man on the stand.
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17“When his accusers came here for the trial, I didn’t delay. I called the case the very next day and ordered Paul brought in.
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18"The accusers came at him from all sides,
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18But the accusations made against him weren’t any of the crimes I expected.
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19but their accusations turned out to be nothing more than arguments about their religion and a dead man named Jesus, who the prisoner claimed was alive.
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19Instead, it was something about their religion and a dead man named Jesus, who Paul insists is alive.
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20Since I'm a newcomer here and don't understand everything involved in cases like this, I asked if he'd be willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there.
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20I was at a loss to know how to investigate these things, so I asked him whether he would be willing to stand trial on these charges in Jerusalem.
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21Paul refused and demanded a hearing before His Majesty in our highest court. So I ordered him returned to custody until I could send him to Caesar in Rome."
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21But Paul appealed to have his case decided by the emperor. So I ordered that he be held in custody until I could arrange to send him to Caesar.”
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22Agrippa said, "I'd like to see this man and hear his story." "Good," said Festus. "We'll bring him in first thing in the morning and you'll hear it for yourself."
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22“I’d like to hear the man myself,” Agrippa said. And Festus replied, “You will — tomorrow!”
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23The next day everybody who was anybody in Caesarea found his way to the Great Hall, along with the top military brass. Agrippa and Bernice made a flourishing grand entrance and took their places. Festus then ordered Paul brought in.
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23So the next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived at the auditorium with great pomp, accompanied by military officers and prominent men of the city. Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
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24Festus said, "King Agrippa and distinguished guests, take a good look at this man. A bunch of Jews petitioned me first in Jerusalem, and later here, to do away with him. They have been most vehement in demanding his execution.
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24Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are here, this is the man whose death is demanded by all the Jews, both here and in Jerusalem.
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25I looked into it and decided that he had committed no crime. He requested a trial before Caesar and I agreed to send him to Rome.
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25But in my opinion he has done nothing deserving death. However, since he appealed his case to the emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.
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26But what am I going to write to my master, Caesar? All the charges made by the Jews were fabrications, and I've uncovered nothing else. "That's why I've brought him before this company, and especially you, King Agrippa: so we can come up with something in the nature of a charge that will hold water.
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26“But what shall I write the emperor? For there is no clear charge against him. So I have brought him before all of you, and especially you, King Agrippa, so that after we examine him, I might have something to write.
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27For it seems to me silly to send a prisoner all that way for a trial and not be able to document what he did wrong."
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27For it makes no sense to send a prisoner to the emperor without specifying the charges against him!”