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1Three days after Festival (Festus) arrived, he went from Chief Village (Caesarea) to Village of Peace (Jerusalem) .
2So the head holy men and other tribal leaders wasted no time and brought to him their accusations against Small Man (Paul) . They begged him,
3as a favor to their nation, to have Small Man (Paul) returned to Village of Peace (Jerusalem) . They were hatching a plot to have him killed along the way.
4“Small Man (Paul) is being guarded in Chief Village (Caesarea) ,” Festival (Festus) said to them, “and I am returning there soon.
5Have your tribal leaders travel with me. If this man has done wrong, I will hear your accusations against him there.”
6So after eight or ten more days he left for Chief Village (Caesarea) . The next day he sat down in his council chair, where he would decide this case, and ordered Small Man (Paul) to be brought before him.
7As soon as he arrived, the Tribal Members who had come from Village of Peace (Jerusalem) circled around him and began to make accusations against him that they could not prove.
8Small Man (Paul) stood up and said, “I have not spoken against our tribal law, our sacred lodge, or against the Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar) .”
9But then Festival (Festus) , wishing to gain the favor of the tribal leaders, responded to Small Man (Paul) and asked, “Do you wish to stand trial before me in Village of Peace (Jerusalem) ?”
10“I am making my stand here, before you, at the council chair of the People of Iron (Romans) . This is where the decision about me should be made. By now, it should be clear to you that I have done nothing wrong against my own people.”
11“If I have done anything to deserve death,” he continued, “I will not try to escape. But if their accusations are false, you have no power to turn me over to them. I appeal to the Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar) .”
12Festival (Festus) , after speaking to his council, said to him, “You have made your appeal to the Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar) , and to him you will go.”
13A number of days later Chief Wild Horse (Agrippa) , along with his sister Bringer of Victory (Bernice) , came to pay their respects to the new governor Festival (Festus) .
14Since they were lodging with him for a number of days, he explained to the chief about the accusations made against Small Man (Paul) by the tribal leaders.
“There is a man here who was left by Happy Man (Felix) as a prisoner.
15When I went to Village of Peace (Jerusalem) , the head holy men and the tribal elders told me about him. They wanted me to find him guilty.
16I informed them that the laws of the People of Iron (Romans) would not permit me to hand over anyone until they could stand face to face with their accusers and make a defense for themselves.
17“So when they came here, I wasted no time. The next day I sat as head of the council and sent for him to stand trial.
18I expected to hear from his accusers about some great evil,
19but instead their accusations were about their own spiritual ways and about a man named Creator Sets Free (Jesus) , who was dead but who Small Man (Paul) said was alive.
20“Since I knew nothing about these things, I asked if he wished to go to Village of Peace (Jerusalem) and face his accusers there.
21But he appealed his case to the Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar) and to be kept under guard until I could send him to our Ruler for his decision.”
22Wild Horse (Agrippa) then said to Festival (Festus) , “I would like to hear from this man for myself.”
“You will hear him tomorrow,” Festival (Festus) replied.
23The next day Wild Horse (Agrippa) and Bringer of Victory (Bernice) , making a big show of it, came into the council room along with the head officers and leaders of the village. Festival (Festus) gave the order, and Small Man (Paul) was brought in.
24“Chief Wild Horse (Agrippa) and all who are here,” the governor said, “standing before you is the man whom the whole tribal nation has asked me to condemn to death.
25But I have not found him guilty of anything deserving death. Since he has appealed to the Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar) , I will send him to Village of Iron (Rome) .
26“But, since I am not sure what message to send to my Ruler about him, I have decided to bring him to you all, and above all to you, Chief Wild Horse (Agrippa) , so you can give me counsel in this matter.
27For it seems unwise to me to send a prisoner there without a clear report of the accusations made against him.”