Thenwhen Festushad conferredwith his council,he answered,"You have appealedto Caesar,to Caesaryou shall go."
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
Whois therewho speaksand it comesto pass,Unlessthe Lordhas commanded[it]?
"Allthe inhabitantsof the earthare accountedas nothing,But He doesaccordingto His willin the hostof heavenAnd [among] the inhabitantsof earth;And noone can wardoffHis handOr sayto Him, 'Whathave You done?'
"Tellus then,whatdo You think?Is it lawfulto givea poll-taxto Caesar,ornot?"
Nowafterthese thingswere finished,Paulpurposedin the spiritto goto Jerusalemafter he had passed throughMacedoniaand Achaia,saying,"AfterI have beenthere,I mustalsoseeRome."
But on the night[immediately] following,the Lordstoodat his side and said,"Take courage;for as you have solemnly witnessedto My causeat Jerusalem,soyou mustwitnessat Romealso."
"If,then,I am a wrongdoerand have committedanythingworthyof death,I do not refuseto die;but ifnoneof those things is [true] of whichthese menaccuseme, no onecanhandme over to them. I appealto Caesar."
Nowwhen severaldayshad elapsed,KingAgrippaand Bernicearrivedat Caesareaand paid their respectsto Festus.
"But when Paulappealedto be heldin custodyfor the Emperor'sdecision,I orderedhim to be kept in custodyuntilI sendhim to Caesar."
And Agrippasaidto Festus,"Thismanmighthave beenset freeifhe had not appealedto Caesar."
Whenit was decidedthat we would sailfor Italy,they proceeded to deliverPauland someotherprisonersto a centurionof the AugustancohortnamedJulius.
Whenwe enteredRome,Paulwas allowedto stayby himself,with the soldierwho was guardinghim.
accordingto my earnest expectationand hope,that I will not be put to shamein anything,but [that] with allboldness,Christwill evennow,as always,be exaltedin my body,whetherby lifeorby death.
