12. This appeal put an end to the trial, as it did to the murderous hopes of Paul's enemies. (12) "Then Festus, having conferred with his council, answered, You have appealed to Cæsar; to Cæsar you shall go." The conference with his advisers was probably in reference to Paul's right to make the appeal; for he would hardly have dared, if the right was unquestioned, to hesitate about allowing it. His answer indicates some irritation under the severe rebuke of Paul's last speech.

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