I Appeal to Caesar

9But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Do you want to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?”

10But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.”

11If, then, I am doing wrong and have done anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing to the things these men are accusing me of, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to Caesar.

12Then Festus, after conferring with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go.”