Acts 2525ActsPaul's arrest and journey to RomeClementine Vulgate

Clementine VulgateBerean Standard Bible

1. 1VULFestus ergo cum venisset in provinciam, post triduum ascendit Jerosolymam a Cæsarea.BSBBSB: Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2. 2VULAdieruntque eum principes sacerdotum et primi Judæorum adversus Paulum: et rogabant eum,BSBBSB: where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
3. 3VULpostulantes gratiam adversus eum, ut juberet perduci eum in Jerusalem, insidias tendentes ut interficerent eum in via.BSBBSB: to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
4. 4VULFestus autem respondit servari Paulum in Cæsarea: se autem maturius profecturum.BSBBSB: But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5. 5VULQui ergo in vobis, ait, potentes sunt, descendentes simul, si quod est in viro crimen, accusent eum.BSBBSB: So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
6. 6VULDemoratus autem inter eos dies non amplius quam octo aut decem, descendit Cæsaream, et altera die sedit pro tribunali, et jussit Paulum adduci.BSBBSB: 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. 7VULQui cum perductus esset, circumsteterunt eum, qui ab Jerosolyma descenderant Judæi, multas et graves causas objicientes, quas non poterant probare:BSBBSB: When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
8. 8VULPaulo rationem reddente: Quoniam neque in legem Judæorum, neque in templum, neque in Cæsarem quidquam peccavi.BSBBSB: Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
9. 9VULFestus autem volens gratiam præstare Judæis, respondens Paulo, dixit: Vis Jerosolymam ascendere, et ibi de his judicari apud me?BSBBSB: But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
10. 10VULDixit autem Paulus: Ad tribunal Cæsaris sto: ibi me oportet judicari: Judæis non nocui, sicut tu melius nosti.BSBBSB: 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.
11. 11VULSi enim nocui, aut dignum morte aliquid feci, non recuso mori: si vero nihil est eorum quæ hi accusant me, nemo potest me illis donare. Cæsarem appello.BSBBSB: If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
12. 12VULTunc Festus cum concilio locutus, respondit: Cæsarem appellasti? ad Cæsarem ibis.BSBBSB: Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
13. 13VULEt cum dies aliquot transacti essent, Agrippa rex et Bernice descenderunt Cæsaream ad salutandum Festum.BSBBSB: After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
14. 14VULEt cum dies plures ibi demorarentur, Festus regi indicavit de Paulo, dicens: Vir quidam est derelictus a Felice vinctus,BSBBSB: Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
15. 15VULde quo cum essem Jerosolymis, adierunt me principes sacerdotum et seniores Judæorum, postulantes adversus illum damnationem.BSBBSB: While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
16. 16VULAd quos respondi: Quia non est Romanis consuetudo damnare aliquem hominem priusquam is qui accusatur præsentes habeat accusatores, locumque defendendi accipiat ad abluenda crimina.BSBBSB: I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
17. 17VULCum ergo huc convenissent sine ulla dilatione, sequenti die sedens pro tribunali, jussi adduci virum.BSBBSB: 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.
18. 18VULDe quo, cum stetissent accusatores, nullam causam deferebant, de quibus ego suspicabar malum.BSBBSB: But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
19. 19VULQuæstiones vero quasdam de sua superstitione habebant adversus eum, et de quodam Jesu defuncto, quem affirmabat Paulus vivere.BSBBSB: They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20. 20VULHæsitans autem ego de hujusmodi quæstione, dicebam si vellet ire Jerosolymam, et ibi judicari de istis.BSBBSB: 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. 21VULPaulo autem appellante ut servaretur ad Augusti cognitionem, jussi servari eum, donec mittam eum ad Cæsarem.BSBBSB: 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.”
22. 22VULAgrippa autem dixit ad Festum: Volebam et ipse hominem audire. Cras, inquit, audies eum.BSBBSB: Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
23. 23VULAltera autem die cum venisset Agrippa et Bernice cum multa ambitione, et introissent in auditorium cum tribunis et viris principalibus civitatis, jubente Festo, adductus est Paulus.BSBBSB: 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. 24VULEt dicit Festus: Agrippa rex, et omnes qui simul adestis nobiscum viri, videtis hunc de quo omnis multitudo Judæorum interpellavit me Jerosolymis, petentes et acclamantes non oportere eum vivere amplius.BSBBSB: 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.
25. 25VULEgo vere comperi nihil dignum morte eum admisisse. Ipso autem hoc appellante ad Augustum, judicavi mittere.BSBBSB: 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. 26VULDe quo quid certum scribam domino, non habeo. Propter quod produxi eum ad vos, et maxime ad te, rex Agrippa, ut interrogatione facta habeam quid scribam.BSBBSB: I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
27. 27VULSine ratione enim mihi videtur mittere vinctum, et causas ejus non significare.BSBBSB: For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”