³² And Agrippa said to Festus, “He could have been set free if he hadn’t appealed to Caesar.”

¹⁸ The Romans tried me and wanted to release me, because they found no cause for the death sentence.

¹¹ If I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die. But if I am innocent, no one has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!”

¹² Festus conferred with his advisers and then replied, “Very well! You have appealed to Caesar, and to Caesar you will go!”

²⁵ But in my opinion he has done nothing deserving death. However, since he appealed his case to the emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.