Agrippa said to Festus, 'This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.' - The tragic irony: Paul 'could have been set free' (apolyo, apolyo-'released') if not for his appeal to Caesar. His invocation of the Emperor's judgment, made necessary by Festus's weakness and the pressure of Jewish accusers, now stands as an irrevocable commitment. Paul's appeal to law paradoxically binds him legally to a trial in Rome. Yet, as Jesus promised, he will reach Rome and witness before kings-and the Gospel will advance further than any local release could have achieved.

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