Paul before Agrippa and Bernice

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.”