Agrippa said to Festus, *This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.*
But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Judeans, Felix left Sha'ul in bonds.
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.
who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
But when the Judeans spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
But the Lord said to him, *Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Yisra'el.