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Acts 25:25
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But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
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But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
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But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I determined to send him,
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.
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But I, having understood him to have done nothing worthy of death—this one himself now having appealed to the Emperor—I determined to send [him],
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Acts 25
23 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 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 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 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 For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
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