1Через три дня после прибытия в провинцию Фест отправился из Кесарии в Иерусалим,2где первосвященники и иудейские начальники представили ему обвинение против Павла.3Они настойчиво просили Феста оказать им милость и перевести Павла в Иерусалим. Сами же они собирались устроить на пути засаду и убить его.4Фест ответил: – Павел находится под стражей в Кесарии, и я сам скоро там буду.5Пусть ваши руководители идут со мной и представят обвинение против него, если он сделал что-либо плохое.6Проведя с ними не больше восьми-десяти дней, Фест возвратился в Кесарию и на следующий же день сел в судейское кресло и приказал ввести Павла.7Когда Павел появился, иудеи, которые пришли из Иерусалима, стали обвинять его в многочисленных и серьезных преступлениях, но доказать их они не могли.8Павел же, защищаясь, сказал: – Я ни в чем не повинен ни против иудейского Закона, ни против храма, ни против кесаря.9Фест хотел угодить иудеям и поэтому спросил Павла: – Согласен ли ты идти в Иерусалим, чтобы тебя судили там в моем присутствии по представленным против тебя обвинениям?10Павел ответил: – Я стою перед судом кесаревым, и им я и должен быть судим. Я не сделал иудеям ничего плохого, как ты и сам хорошо знаешь.11Если я виновен и заслужил смерти, я готов умереть. Но если обвинения, выдвигаемые иудеями против меня, ложны, то никто не имеет права выдать меня им. Я требую суда кесарева!12Переговорив со своим советом, Фест объявил: – Раз ты потребовал суда кесарева, то к кесарю и отправишься.
Павел перед царем Агриппой
13Несколько дней спустя в Кесарию навестить Феста прибыл царь Агриппа[1] с Вереникой[2]. (Деян 24:24)14Они провели там несколько дней, и Фест говорил с царем о деле Павла: – Здесь есть человек, оставленный в темнице Феликсом.15Когда я был в Иерусалиме, иудейские священники и старейшины выдвинули против него обвинение. Они просили осудить его.16Я же им сказал, что не в обычае у римлян выдавать человека до того, как ему будет дана возможность встретиться с обвинителями лицом к лицу и защититься.17Они пришли со мной сюда, и я сразу, на следующий же день, сел в судейское кресло и приказал привести этого человека.18Встав вокруг него, они не обвинили его ни в одном из преступлений, о которых я предполагал,19но у них был спор по вопросам, касающимся их религии и некоего Иисуса, Который умер, но о Котором Павел заявлял, что Он жив.20Я не знал, как мне расследовать это дело, и спросил его, согласен ли он идти в Иерусалим и там предстать перед судом.21Павел же потребовал рассмотрения его дела императором, и я приказал держать его под стражей, пока не отошлю его к кесарю.22Агриппа сказал Фесту: – Я бы сам хотел послушать этого человека. – Завтра же услышишь, – ответил Фест.23На следующий день Агриппа и Вереника с большой пышностью вошли в зал суда с командирами римских полков и знатными людьми города. По приказу Феста ввели Павла.24Фест сказал: – Царь Агриппа и все присутствующие! Вы видите перед собой человека, на которого все множество иудеев жаловалось мне и в Иерусалиме, и здесь, в Кесарии, крича, что он не должен больше жить.25Я же не нахожу в нем никакой вины, за которую он был бы достоин смерти. Но, поскольку он потребовал суда у императора, я решил отправить его в Рим.26Но у меня нет ничего определенного, что я мог бы написать государю, и поэтому я вывел его к вам, и особенно к тебе, царь Агриппа, чтобы в результате допроса я знал, что мне написать.27Я думаю, что неразумно посылать заключенного, не указав, в чем он обвиняется.
1Three days after Festus arrived, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.2There the chief priests and the Jewish leaders came to Festus. They brought their charges against Paul.3They tried very hard to get Festus to have Paul taken to Jerusalem. They asked for this as a favour. They were planning to hide and attack Paul along the way. They wanted to kill him.4Festus answered, ‘Paul is being held at Caesarea. Soon I’ll be going there myself.5Let some of your leaders come with me. If the man has done anything wrong, they can bring charges against him there.’6Festus spent eight or ten days in Jerusalem with them. Then he went down to Caesarea. The next day he called the court together. He ordered Paul to be brought to him.7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many strong charges against him. But they couldn’t prove that these charges were true.8Then Paul spoke up for himself. He said, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong against the law of the Jews or against the temple. I’ve done nothing wrong against Caesar.’9But Festus wanted to do the Jews a favour. So he said to Paul, ‘Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem? Are you willing to go on trial there? Are you willing to face these charges in my court?’10Paul answered, ‘I’m already standing in Caesar’s court. This is where I should go on trial. I haven’t done anything wrong to the Jews. You yourself know that very well.11If I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I’m willing to die. But the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true. No one has the right to hand me over to them. I make my appeal to Caesar!’12Festus talked it over with the members of his court. Then he said, ‘You have made an appeal to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!’
Festus talks with King Agrippa
13A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea. They came to pay a visit to Festus.14They were spending many days there. So Festus talked with the king about Paul’s case. He said, ‘There’s a man here that Felix left as a prisoner.15When I went to Jerusalem, the Jewish chief priests and the elders brought charges against the man. They wanted him to be found guilty.16‘I told them that this is not the way Romans do things. We don’t judge people before they have faced those bringing charges against them. They must have a chance to argue against the charges for themselves.17When the Jewish leaders came back with me, I didn’t waste any time. I called the court together the next day. I ordered the man to be brought in.18Those bringing charges against him got up to speak. But they didn’t charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.19Instead, they argued with him about their own beliefs. They didn’t agree about a man named Jesus. They said Jesus was dead, but Paul claimed Jesus was alive.20I had no idea how to look into such matters. So I asked Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem. There he could be tried on these charges.21But Paul made an appeal to have the Emperor decide his case. So I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.’22Then Agrippa said to Festus, ‘I would like to hear this man myself.’ Festus replied, ‘Tomorrow you will hear him.’
Paul in front of Agrippa
23The next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived. They were treated like very important people. They entered the courtroom. The most important military officers and the leading men of the city came with them. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.24Festus said, ‘King Agrippa, and everyone else here, take a good look at this man! A large number of Jews have come to me about him. They came to me in Jerusalem and also here in Caesarea. They keep shouting that he shouldn’t live any longer.25I have found that he hasn’t done anything worthy of death. But he made his appeal to the Emperor. So I decided to send him to Rome.26I don’t have anything certain to write about him to His Majesty. So I have brought him here today. Now all of you will be able to hear him. King Agrippa, it will also be very good for you to hear him. As a result of this hearing, I will have something to write.27It doesn’t make sense to send a prisoner on to Rome without listing the charges against him.’
1Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. (Деян 23:34)2And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, (Деян 25:15)3asking as a favor against Paul[1] that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. (Деян 9:24)4Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly.5“So,” said he, “let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them bring charges against him.”6After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. (Мф 27:19; Деян 25:10; Деян 25:17)7When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove. (Деян 24:13)8Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.” (Ин 7:19; Ин 19:7; Ин 19:12; Деян 6:13; Деян 24:12; Деян 28:17)9But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?” (Деян 24:27)10But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well. (Деян 25:6; Деян 25:17)11If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.” (Деян 26:32; Деян 28:19)12Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.”
Paul Before Agrippa and Bernice
13Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.14And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man left prisoner by Felix, (Деян 24:27)15and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid out their case against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. (Деян 25:2)16I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him. (Ин 7:51; Деян 23:30; Деян 25:4)17So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought. (Деян 25:6; Деян 25:7; Деян 25:10; Деян 25:24)18When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed.19Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive. (Деян 17:18; Деян 18:15; Деян 23:29)20Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them. (Деян 25:9)21But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.” (Деян 25:11; Деян 25:25)22Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” said he, “you will hear him.” (Деян 9:15)23So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. (Деян 25:13; Деян 26:30)24And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. (Деян 22:22; Деян 25:2; Деян 25:7)25But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him. (Деян 23:29; Деян 25:11; Деян 25:21)26But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write.27For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.”