25:6 After Festus ¹  had stayed ²  not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, ³  and the next day he sat ⁴  on the judgment seat ⁵  and ordered Paul to be brought. 25:7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, ⁶  bringing many serious ⁷  charges that they were not able to prove. ⁸  25:8 Paul said in his defense, ⁹  “I have committed no offense ¹⁰  against the Jewish law ¹¹  or against the temple or against Caesar.” ¹²  25:9 But Festus, ¹³  wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried ¹⁴  before me there on these charges?” ¹⁵  25:10 Paul replied, ¹⁶  “I am standing before Caesar’s ¹⁷  judgment seat, ¹⁸  where I should be tried. ¹⁹  I have done nothing wrong ²⁰  to the Jews, as you also know very well. ²¹  25:11 If then I am in the wrong ²²  and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, ²³  but if not one of their charges against me is true, ²⁴  no one can hand me over to them. ²⁵  I appeal to Caesar!” ²⁶  25:12 Then, after conferring with his council, ²⁷  Festus ²⁸  replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; ²⁹  to Caesar ³⁰  you will go!” ³¹