4. Festus said that Paul should be kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly.
5. He also said, “Let the men in authority go down with me. If there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”
6. Having stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
7. When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges against him which they could not prove,
8. while he defended himself, saying, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned at all.”
9. Desiring to do the Jews a favor, Festus answered, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be judged concerning these charges before me?”
10. Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you know very well.
11. If I am doing wrong or have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if these are empty charges of which these men accuse me, no one may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
12. When Festus had conferred with the council, he then answered, “To Caesar you have appealed. To Caesar you shall go.”
13. After several days King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus.
14. When they had been there many days, Festus stated Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There is a man left as a prisoner by Felix.