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


In Context

1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

2 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

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

5 |Let them therefore,| said he, |that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.|

6 When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:4Festus answered, "Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

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 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.