23So, on the next day when Agrippa came together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the auditorium accompanied by the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
24Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.
25"But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
26"Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.
27"For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also the charges against him."
Nothing like a good ole' fashioned fishing expedition! Poor Festus feared being embarrassed. Paul was to go to Caesar, but without a serious crime to accompany him. In a desperate attempt to trump up a charge, Festus offered King Agrippa a chance to investigate. Festus is attempting to cover up a lack of wisdom with an act of injustice. Covering up things to save our pride is a root of all sorts of evil.
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®,
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