²⁹ I discovered that he was accused in matters of controversial questions of their law and not of any charge deserving death or imprisonment.^(A)

²⁵ I found, however, that he had done nothing deserving death, and so when he appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

^31 [a]And after they had withdrawn they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing [at all] that deserves death or imprisonment.” ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”^(A)