10. But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.
11. 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.”
12. Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.”
13. Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus.
14. And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man left prisoner by Felix,
15. and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid out their case against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
16. I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
17. So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.