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Acts 25:4 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly {thither}.”

Acts 25:4

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2

Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

3

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

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But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly {thither}.

5

Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with {me}, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

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And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. {more...: or, as some copies read, no more than eight or ten days}

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