In context
11If I am guilty and have done something that deserves death, I do not ask to escape it. But if there is nothing to the charges these men bring against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to Caesar.” 12Then Festus, after conferring with his council, answered: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go.” 13Some days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. 14Since they were staying for some time, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king. “There is a man here,” he said, “left as a prisoner by Felix. 15When I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him and asked for a verdict of condemnation.
