ACTS 25:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cesar? unto Cesar shalt thou go.”
After Festus had conferred with his council, he replied, 'You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!' - The formula 'You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!' becomes the binding verdict. The appeal (epiklesis, epiklesis) is irrevocable; once invoked, it must be honored. Festus consults his council (symboulos, symboulos-his advisory board) to ensure legality, then pronounces the decision. The Greek structure gives the sentence an almost oracular quality: Paul's appeal creates the reality it names.
Church Fathers on Acts 25:12
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly there. Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. Acts 25:4-6 But after they came down, they immediately made their accusations…
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