And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto spiritists and unto wizards that peep and that mutter; shall the people not seek unto their God? Shall we appeal for the living unto the dead?

For if I am an offender or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if there are none of these things of which these accuse me, no one may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept until I might send him to Caesar.

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

Then Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar, not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.