Acts 26:32

26:32 Agrippa ¹  said to Festus, ²  “This man could have been released ³  if he had not appealed to Caesar.” ⁴ 

Acts 28:19

28:19 But when the Jews objected, ⁵  I was forced to appeal to Caesar ⁶  – not that I had some charge to bring ⁷  against my own people. ⁸ 

[26:32]  ¹ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:32]  ² sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[26:32]  ³ tn Or “set free.”

[26:32]  ⁴ tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

[28:19]  ⁵ tn That is, objected to my release.

[28:19]  ⁶ tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

[28:19]  ⁷ tn BDAG 533 s.v. κατηγορέω 1 states, “nearly always as legal t.t.: bring charges in court.” L&N 33.427 states for κατηγορέω, “to bring serious charges or accusations against someone, with the possible connotation of a legal or court context – ‘to accuse, to bring charges.’”

[28:19]  ⁸ tn Or “my own nation.”