Acts 25:12

Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered: Thou hast appealed to Caesar; to Caesar thou shalt go.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

In Context

11If then I am an offender, and have done anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if there be none of the things whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.

13And after certain days, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came to Caesarea to salute Festus.

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Cross References

Acts 23:11And the night following, the Lord stood by him, and said: Be of good courage; for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou testify also at Rome.

Acts 26:32And Agrippa said to Festus: This man could have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

Romans 15:28When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain.

Philippians 1:20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall in nothing be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Matthew Henry on Acts 25:2-13

Paul Arraigned before Festus; Paul's Fourth Defence; Paul Appeals to Cæsar. 1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem. 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. 4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. 5 Let them therefore, said… Read the whole commentary →

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