21. But when Paul had appealed to be under guard for the decision of Caesar, I ordered that he be secured until I could send him to Caesar.”
22. Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.”He said, “Tomorrow you shall hear him.”
23. The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the hall with the commanders and the leading men of the city. When Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.
24. Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all the men who are present with us, you see this man, concerning whom the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
25. I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death. But when he himself appealed to Caesar, I decided to send him.
26. But I have nothing to write to His Majesty concerning him. Therefore I have brought him before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that upon examination, I might have something to write.
27. For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without signifying the charges against him.”