10. Paul answered, "I'm already standing in Caesar's court. This is where I should go on trial. I haven't done anything wrong to the Jews. You yourself know that very well.
11. If I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I'm willing to die. But the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true. No one has the right to hand me over to them. I make my appeal to Caesar!"
12. Festus talked it over with the members of his court. Then he said, "You have made an appeal to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!"
13. A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea. They came to pay a visit to Festus.
14. They were spending many days there. So Festus talked with the king about Paul's case. He said, "There's a man here that Felix left as a prisoner.
15. When I went to Jerusalem, the Jewish chief priests and the elders brought charges against the man. They wanted him to be found guilty.
16. "I told them that this is not the way Romans do things. We don't judge people before they have faced those bringing charges against them. They must have a chance to speak up for themselves.
17. When the Jews came back with me, I didn't waste any time. I called the court together the next day. I ordered the man to be brought in.
18. Those bringing charges against him got up to speak. But they didn't charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
19. Instead, they argued with him about their own beliefs. They didn't agree about a dead man named Jesus. Paul claimed Jesus was alive.