Acts 25:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 25:12

10 So Paul said, “I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know.

11 ^aFor if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. ^bI appeal to Caesar.”

12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!”

Paul Before Agrippa

13 And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.

14 When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying: ^a“There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,

15 ^aabout whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for a judgment against him.

16 ^aTo them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man¹ to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’

Verse Comparison: Acts 25:12

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American Standard Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.

Amplified® Bible
Then Festus, when he had consulted with the [men who formed his] council, answered, You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.

Contemporary English Version
After Festus had talked this over with members of his council, he told Paul, "You have asked to be tried by the Emperor, and to the Emperor you will go!"

Darby English Version
Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.

Good News Bible
Then Festus, after conferring with his advisers, answered, "You have appealed to the Emperor, so to the Emperor you will go."

International Standard Version
Festus talked it over with the council and then answered, "To the emperor you have appealed; to the emperor you will go!"

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

New American Standard Bible
Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go."

New International Version
After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!"

New King James Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go."

Young's Literal Translation
then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, `To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.'

New English Translation
Then, after conferring with his council,¹ Festus² replied, “You have appealed to Caesar;³ to Caesar⁴ you will go!”⁵

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