From work on PDF Acts 25-26

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 \v 1 Now, Festus entered the province, and after three days, he went from Caesarea up to Jerusalem.
-\v 2 The chief priest and the prominent Jews brought their charges against Paul, and they urged Festus— 
-\v 3 asking him to do them a favor against Paul—to transfer him to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
+\v 2 The chief priests and the prominent Jews brought their charges against Paul, and they asked Festus earnestly— 
+\v 3 asking him to do them a favor against Paul—to summon him to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
 
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 \v 4 Festus answered that Paul was being held at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.
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-\v 6 Festus stayed not more than eight or ten days and then he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat in the judgment seat and commanded Paul to be brought to him.
+\v 6 Festus stayed not more than eight or ten days and then he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat and commanded Paul to be brought to him.
 \v 7 When he arrived, the Jews from Jerusalem stood nearby, and they brought many serious charges which they could not prove.
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-\v 8 Paul defended himself and said, "I have done nothing wrong against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar."
+\v 8 Paul defended himself and said, "I have committed no sin against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar."
 
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 \v 13 Now after some days, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay an official visit to Festus.
 \v 14 After they had been there for many days, Festus presented Paul's case to the king; he said, "A certain man was left behind here by Felix as a prisoner.
 \v 15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against this man to me, and they asked for a sentence of condemnation against him.
-\v 16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had faced his accusers and had an opportunity to defend himself against the charges.
+\v 16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had faced his accusers and received an opportunity to defend himself against the charges.
 
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 \v 17 Therefore, when they came together here, I did not wait, but the next day I sat in the judgment seat and I ordered the man to be brought in.
-\v 18 When the accusers stood up and accused him, I thought that none of the charges that they brought against him were serious.
+\v 18 When the accusers stood up, they charged him with nothing that I considered wickedness.
 \v 19 Instead, they had certain disputes with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claims to be alive.
 \v 20 I was not certain about how to investigate this matter, and so I asked him if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to stand trial there about these charges.
 
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 \v 23 So on the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with much ceremony; they came into the hall with the military officers and with the prominent men of the city. When Festus spoke the command, Paul was brought to them.
-\v 24 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you men who are here with us, you see this man; all the multitude of Jews consulted with me in Jerusalem and here also, and they shouted to me that he should no longer live.
+\v 24 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you men who are here with us, you see this man; all the multitude of Jews called on me in Jerusalem and here also, and they shouted to me that he should no longer live.
 
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 \v 25 I learned that he had done nothing worthy of death; but because he appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
-\v 26 But I do not have something definite to write to the emperor. For this reason, I have brought him to you, especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I might have something more to write about the case.
+\v 26 But I do not have something definite to write to my lord. For this reason, I have brought him to you, especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I might have something more to write about the case.
 \v 27 For it seems unreasonable for me to send a prisoner and to not also state the charges against him."
 
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 \v 4 Truly, all the Jews know how I lived from my youth in my own nation and at Jerusalem.
-\v 5 They knew me from the beginning and they should admit that I lived as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.
+\v 5 They have known about me from the beginning, if they are willing to admit it, that I lived as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.
 
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 \v 6 Now I stand here to be judged because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.
 \v 7 It is this promise that our twelve tribes hope to receive as they worship God earnestly night and day, and it is for this hope, king, that the Jews are accusing me.
-\v 8 Why should any of you think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?
+\v 8 Why is it considered by you unbelievable that God raises the dead?
 
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 \v 9 Now indeed, I myself thought that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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 \v 12 While I was doing this, I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests;
-\v 13 and on the way there, at midday, king, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun, and it shone around both me and the men who were traveling with me.
+\v 13 and on the way there, in the middle of the day, king, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun, and it shone around both me and the men who were traveling with me.
 \v 14 When we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me that said in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick a goad.'
 
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 \v 21 For this cause the Jews arrested me in the temple and tried to kill me.
 
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-\v 22 God has helped me until now, so I stand and testify to the common people and to the great ones about nothing more than what the prophets and Moses said would happen—
-\v 23 that Christ must suffer and that by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our own people and to the Gentiles."
+\v 22 Therefore I have received the help that comes from God until this very day, and I stand and testify to both small and great about nothing more than what the prophets and Moses said would happen—
+\v 23 that Christ must suffer, and that by being the first to rise from the dead he would proclaim light to our own people and to the Gentiles."
 
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 \v 24 As Paul completed his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are insane; your great learning makes you insane."
-\v 25 But Paul said, "I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but what I am declaring is true and rational.
-\v 26 For the king knows about these things; and so, I speak freely to him, for I am persuaded that none of this is hidden from him; for this has not been done in a corner.
+\v 25 But Paul said, "I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but I am declaring words of truth and sound judgment.
+\v 26 For the king knows about these things; and so I speak boldly to him, for I am persuaded that none of this is hidden from him; for this has not been done in a corner.
 
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 \v 27 Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe."