And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.” Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.”
But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.
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