Acts 25:9 CPDV

⁷  And when he had been brought, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, throwing out many serious accusations, none of which they were able to prove.

⁸  Paul offered this defense: 'Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended in any matter.'

⁹  But Festus, wanting to show greater favor to the Jews, responded to Paul by saying: 'Are you willing to ascend to Jerusalem and to be judged there about these things before me?'

¹⁰  But Paul said: 'I stand in Caesar's tribunal, which is where I ought to be judged. I have done no harm to the Jews, as you well know.

¹¹  For if I have harmed them, or if I have done anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying. But if there is nothing to these things about which they accuse me, no one is able to deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.'