'Appealed' in the Bible
Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."
But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,
Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!"
But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar."
But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."