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Appeal » Paul makes, to caesar
"I stand, said Paul, to the tribunal of Cesar, where I ought to be judged. to the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself very well know. if I am guilty of any capital crime, I am contented to die. but since their accusations are all groundless, that I may not be sacrificed to their humour, I appeal to Cesar."
but Paul having made his appeal, insisting to have his cause refer'd to the cognizance of the emperor, I order'd him into custody, till I could send him to Cesar. thereupon Agrippa told Festus, he himself should be glad to hear the man. to-morrow, said Festus, you shall hear him. On the morrow Agrippa and Bernice came in great state, and being introduc'd into the court attended by the officers and the principal men of the city, Festus gave the word, and Paul was brought to the Bar. read more.
then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and you that are here present, you see the man, against whom a numerous body of the Jews have been practising with me both at Jerusalem, and in this city, urging with vehemence, that he should not be suffer'd to live. but finding he had done nothing that deserv'd death, I have resolved to send him to the emperor, to whom he had appealed. as I have no certain account to communicate to the emperor my master, I caus'd him to appear before this assembly, and before you, king Agrippa, in particular, that after he is examin'd, I may know how to represent the affair; for it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner without expressing the crimes laid to his charge."
then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and you that are here present, you see the man, against whom a numerous body of the Jews have been practising with me both at Jerusalem, and in this city, urging with vehemence, that he should not be suffer'd to live. but finding he had done nothing that deserv'd death, I have resolved to send him to the emperor, to whom he had appealed. as I have no certain account to communicate to the emperor my master, I caus'd him to appear before this assembly, and before you, king Agrippa, in particular, that after he is examin'd, I may know how to represent the affair; for it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner without expressing the crimes laid to his charge."
nay, Agrippa said to Festus, "this man might have been discharg'd if he had not appeal'd to Cesar."
but the Jews opposing it, I was oblig'd to appeal to the emperor: not having however any design to accuse them.
Courts of justice » Of the romans in judea » Appeals from, made to the emperor
nay, Agrippa said to Festus, "this man might have been discharg'd if he had not appeal'd to Cesar."
but the Jews opposing it, I was oblig'd to appeal to the emperor: not having however any design to accuse them.
if I am guilty of any capital crime, I am contented to die. but since their accusations are all groundless, that I may not be sacrificed to their humour, I appeal to Cesar."
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Those who appealed to cæsar, to be brought before him
nay, Agrippa said to Festus, "this man might have been discharg'd if he had not appeal'd to Cesar."