Acts 25:12

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

After conferring with his advisors, Festus answered Paul, “[Since] you have appealed to Caesar, then you will go to Caesar.”

Cross References

Matthew 22:17

So, tell us what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

Acts 19:21

After these things happened Paul decided to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. He said, “Then, after I have been there I want to visit Rome also.”

Acts 23:11

The next night the Lord stood beside Paul [in a supernatural dream] and said, “Take courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also be my witness in Rome.”

Acts 25:11

If then I am a criminal and have committed any crime that deserves the death penalty, I will not try to avoid being put to death. But if none of the charges I have been accused of are true, [then] no one has the right to turn me over [to the authorities]. I make my appeal to Caesar.”

Acts 25:13

After a number of days King Agrippa [Note: This man was the great grandson of Herod the Great. See Matt. 2:1] and [his wife] Bernice arrived at Caesarea and came to greet Festus.

Acts 25:21

But when Paul requested that his case be reviewed for a decision by Caesar, I ordered him to remain in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

Acts 26:32

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed [his case] to Caesar.”

Acts 27:1

And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and certain other prisoners to the custody of a military officer named Julius, of the Augustan battalion.

Acts 28:16

When we entered Rome [itself] Paul was permitted to live alone except for a soldier who guarded him.

Philippians 1:20

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not have to be ashamed about anything, but that I will have the courage, [both] now and always, [to so live] that Christ will be exalted [i.e., honored] in my body, whether I live or die.