What happensPermalink
The new governor, Festus, listens to the charges against Paul and Paul’s defense. He offers to hold a trial in Jerusalem, but Paul, fearful of the Jews, appeals to Caesar. King Agrippa asks to hear Paul’s testimony.
Why it mattersPermalink
The Jews’ plot against Paul causes him to appeal to Caesar, which allows him to witness in front of King Agrippa and later in Rome itself, the center of the world at the time.
Key versePermalink
Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.”