Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”
- KJV Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
- NKJV Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!”
- NASB Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.”
- NLT Festus conferred with his advisers and then replied, “Very well! You have appealed to Caesar, and to Caesar you will go!”
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Quick answer
After consulting his council, Festus declares that since Paul has appealed to Caesar, to Caesar he will go. The appeal is granted and Paul's path to Rome is set.
Overview
Festus confirms the appeal, binding Rome to send Paul to the emperor's court. What looks like a legal maneuver is in fact the unfolding of God's purpose to carry the gospel to the heart of the empire. Through this verdict the Lord opens the way for Paul to bear witness before Caesar himself.
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Cross-references · 12
- Phil 1:12–14Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.
- Phil 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
- Acts 19:21After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
- Acts 28:16When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
- Acts 25:21But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
- Lam 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Acts 26:32And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
- Rom 15:28–29So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.
- Isa 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Ps 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
- Dan 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
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