<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> three days after Festus<n id="2" /> arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem<n id="3" /> from Caesarea.<n id="4" />

Then Festus<n id="1" /> replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea,<n id="2" /> and he himself intended to go there<n id="3" /> shortly.

Then, after conferring with his council,<n id="1" /> Festus<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;You have appealed to Caesar;<n id="3" /> to Caesar<n id="4" /> you will go!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">After several days had passed, King Agrippa<n id="1" /> and Bernice arrived at Caesarea<n id="2" /> to pay their respects<n id="3" /> to Festus.<n id="4" />

Agrippa<n id="1" /> said to Festus,<n id="2" /> &#8220;I would also like to hear the man myself.&#8221; &#8220;Tomorrow,&#8221; he replied,<n id="3" /> &#8220;you will hear him.&#8221;p>

But Paul replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus,<n id="2" /> but am speaking<n id="3" /> true and rational<n id="4" /> words.

Agrippa<n id="1" /> said to Festus,<n id="2" /> &#8220;This man could have been released<n id="3" /> if he had not appealed to Caesar.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">As Paul<n id="1" /> was saying these things in his defense, Festus<n id="2" /> exclaimed loudly, &#8220;You have lost your mind,<n id="3" /> Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!&#8221;

After two years<n id="1" /> had passed, Porcius Festus<n id="2" /> succeeded Felix,<n id="3" /> and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.<n id="4" />p>

But Festus,<n id="1" /> wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, &#8220;Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried<n id="2" /> before me there on these charges?&#8221;<n id="3" />

While<n id="1" /> they were staying there many days, Festus<n id="2" /> explained Paul&#8217;s case to the king to get his opinion,<n id="3" /> saying, &#8220;There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So the next day Agrippa<n id="1" /> and Bernice came with great pomp<n id="2" /> and entered the audience hall,<n id="3" /> along with the senior military officers<n id="4" /> and the prominent men of the city. When Festus<n id="5" /> gave the order,<n id="6" /> Paul was brought in.

Then Festus<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;King Agrippa,<n id="2" /> and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace<n id="3" /> petitioned<n id="4" /> me both in Jerusalem<n id="5" /> and here,<n id="6" /> shouting loudly<n id="7" /> that he ought not to live any longer.