⁶ After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on ^(A)the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. ⁷ When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him ^(B)that they could not prove. ⁸ Paul argued in his defense, “Neither ^(C)against ^(D)the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor ^(E)against Caesar have I committed any offense.” ⁹ But Festus, ^(F)wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?” ¹⁰ But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's ^(G)tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well. ¹¹ If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. ^(H)I appeal to Caesar.” ¹² Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.”