4Festus answered, "Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.


In Context

1 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.

3 They urgently requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

4 Festus answered, "Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

5 Let some of your leaders come with me and press charges against the man there, if he has done anything wrong."

6 After spending eight or ten days with them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him.

Acts 25:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly [thither. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:4But Festus answered: That Paul was kept in Caesarea, and that he himself would very shortly depart thither.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:4Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart thither'shortly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:4Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart thither shortly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.