And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty if he had not appealed to Caesar.
But after two years Felix welcomed a successor, Porcius Festus. And wishing to show a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.
But I had perceived nothing he had committed worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I determined to send him,
who, examining me, were of a mind to let me go because there was no cause of death in me.
But the Jews speaking against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not as having anything to accuse my nation.
But the Lord said to him, Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.