11. If I have committed a crime or done anything deserving death, I do not seek to escape the death penalty; but if there is no substance to the charges they are bringing against me, then no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
12. Then Festus, after conferring with his council, replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go.”
13. When a few days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea on a visit to Festus.
14. Since they spent several days there, Festus referred Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There is a man here left in custody by Felix.
15. When I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him and demanded his condemnation.
16. I answered them that it was not Roman practice to hand over an accused person before he has faced his accusers and had the opportunity to defend himself against their charge.