"I am standing before Caesar's tribunal," answered Paul, "where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.

Then Festus, after conferring with the council, answered. "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."

"Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."

Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no crime against the Law of the Jews, against the Temple, or against Caesar."

"If I am a criminal and have done anything for which I ought to die, I do not object to die. But if none of their charges is true, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar."

But when Paul appealed to have his case reviewed for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered him to be detained until I could send him up to Caesar."

And Agrippa said to Festus, "If he had not appealed to Caesar, he might have been set free."

"'Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

"But when the Jews objected I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.