But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, the people held them in high esteem.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;