and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

what then is it? certainly the multitude it behoveth to come together, for they will hear that thou hast come.

because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;

And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, 'What is that which thou hast to tell me?'

And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- 'Knowing that for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;

then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, 'To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.'