"and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds" The unanimous conclusion was that Paul was innocent (Acts 25:25). Acts 26:32 "And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar"If he had not appealed unto Caesar" Robertson notes, "But Paul only appealed to Caesar after Festus had tried to shift him back to Jerusalem and had refused to set him free in Caesarea. Festus comes out with no honor in the case" (p. 455). "We may suppose that Festus, with the aid of Agrippa, composed the letter to the emperor explaining the charges the Jews made against the prisoner, and also perhaps included. recommendation that Paul be dismissed. If there was such. statement, it makes it easier to explain the mildness of Paul's treatment that he finally reached Rome this first time. (Acts 28:16; Acts 28:30)" (Reese p. 887).

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