²¹ But when Paul ^(A)appealed to be reserved for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send him to Caesar.”

¹⁶ At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. ^(A)May it not be charged against them.

³² Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set ^(A)free ^(B)if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

The Voyage to Rome Begins

27 And when ^(C)it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment.

¹⁰ So Paul said, “I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know. ^11 (A)For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. ^(B)I appeal to Caesar.”

Christ Born of Mary^(A)

2 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.