Acts 25:12

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“Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!””

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BSBPD

“Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cesar? unto Cesar shalt thou go.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Cæsar: unto Cæsar shalt thou go.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, `To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 25:12 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
  2. Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
  3. Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
  4. Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
  5. Acts 19:21After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
  6. Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
  7. Acts 25:21But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
  8. Acts 26:32And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
  9. Acts 28:16When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
  10. Romans 15:28So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.
  11. Philippians 1:12Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.
  12. Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

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