Acts 25:12

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
There was quite a commotion and Festus hunkered behind closed doors to talk to his advisors. Finally, he came out and said, "Then it's settled. You asked for Caesar? You'll get Caesar."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go."

Legacy Standard Bible
Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go."

Bible in Basic English
Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.

Darby Translation
Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.

New King James Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!"

Christian Standard Bible®
After Festus conferred with his council, he replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!"

World English Bible
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I appeal to Cesar. Then Festus, having conferred with the council answered, Hast thou appealed to Cesar? To Cesar shalt thou go.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then, after conferring with the Council, Festus replied, "To Caesar you have appealed: to Caesar you shall go."

King James Version (1611)
Then Festus when he had conferred with the Councill, answered, Hast thou appealed vnto Cesar? vnto Cesar shalt thou goe.

Literal Translation
Then conferring with the sanhedrin, Festus answered, You have appealed to Caesar; you shall go before Caesar.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then spake Festus with the Councell, and answered: Thou hast appealed vnto the Emperoure, to the Emperoure shalt thou go.

Mace New Testament (1729)
upon this, Festus having deliberated with his council, answer'd, "since you have appeal'd to Cesar, to Cesar you shall go."

THE MESSAGE
Festus huddled with his advisors briefly and then gave his verdict: "You've appealed to Caesar; you'll go to Caesar!"

Amplified Bible
Then Festus, after conferring with [the men who formed] his council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."

American Standard Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.

Revised Standard Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then spake Festus with deliberacion and answered. Thou hast appealed vnto Cesar: vnto Cesar shalt thou goo.

Update Bible Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, You have appealed to Caesar: to Caesar you shall go.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed to Cesar? to Cesar thou shalt go.

Young's Literal Translation
then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, `To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar thou shalt go.'

New Century Version
Festus talked about this with his advisers. Then he said, "You have asked to see Caesar, so you will go to Caesar!"

New English Translation
Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!"

Berean Standard Bible
Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!"

Contemporary English Version
After Festus had talked this over with members of his council, he told Paul, "You have asked to be tried by the Emperor, and to the Emperor you will go!"

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Festus, after talking with his advisers, answered, "You have appealed to the Emperor; you will go to the Emperor!"

English Standard Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, "To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then when Festus had spoken with the Council, hee answered, Hast thou appealed vnto C?sar? vnto C?sar shalt thou goe.

George Lamsa Translation
Festus, when he had conferred with his counsellors, decreed, You have appealed to Csar. You will go to Csar.

Hebrew Names Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go."

International Standard Version
Festus talked it over with the council and then answered, "To the emperor you have appealed; to the emperor you will go!"

Etheridge Translation
Then Festos, having spoken with the sons of his council, said, The appeals of Caesar hast thou invoked? To Caesar goest thou.

Murdock Translation
Then Festus conferred with his counsellors, and said: Hast thou declared an appeal to Caesar? Unto Caesar shalt thou go.

New Living Translation
Festus conferred with his advisers and then replied, "Very well! You have appealed to Caesar, and to Caesar you will go!"

New Life Bible
Festus talked to the leaders of the court. Then he said to Paul, "You have asked to be taken to Caesar. You will go to him."

English Revised Version
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.

New Revised Standard
Then Festus, after he had conferred with his council, replied, "You have appealed to the emperor; to the emperor you will go."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Festus, having conversed with the council, answered - Unto Caesar, hast thou appealed? Unto Caesar, shalt thou go.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered: Hast thou appealed to Caesar? To Caesar shalt thou go.

Lexham English Bible
Then Festus, after discussing this with his council, replied, "You have appealed to Caesar—to Caesar you will go!"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then spake Festus, with the counsell, and aunswered: Hast thou appealed vnto Caesar? vnto Caesar shalt thou go.

Easy-to-Read Version
Festus talked about this with his advisors. Then he said, "You have asked to see Caesar, so you will go to Caesar!"

New American Standard Bible
Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."

Good News Translation
Then Festus, after conferring with his advisers, answered, "You have appealed to the Emperor, so to the Emperor you will go."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne Festus spak with the counsel, and answerde, To the emperoure thou hast appelid, to the emperoure thou schalt go.

Contextual Overview

¹ Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. ² Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, ³ And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. ⁴ But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. ⁵ 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. ⁶ And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. ⁷ And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. ⁸ While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. ⁹ But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? ¹⁰ Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto Caesar shalt: Acts 25:21, Acts 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 26:32, Acts 27:1, Acts 28:16, Psalms 76:10, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Lamentations 3:37, Daniel 4:35, Romans 15:28, Romans 15:29, Philippians 1:12-14, Philippians 1:20

Reciprocal: Luke 21:12 - before Acts 25:25 - and that

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 25:10
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

Genesis 25:15
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

Psalms 83:6
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,.... Not with the Jewish sanhedrim, or any part of it that came down on this occasion; but with Roman counsellors, which he had to assist him in judgment, when any difficult matters were before him; the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, "with his counsellors"; and the Arabic reads in the singular number, "with his counsellor"; with these he advised, whether it was proper to admit of Paul's appeal, or not; and having had their opinion,

he answered, hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go: the question is put, partly for the more certain knowledge of the thing, that there might be no mistake in it; and partly on account of the Jews, that they might see that though he was disposed to do them a favour, it was not in his power, because of this appeal; and it may be with some resentment in himself, since it carried in it a sort of reflection upon him, as if he was incapable of issuing this affair, or would not be just and faithful in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When he had conferred with the council - With his associate judges, or with those who were his counselors in the administration of justice. They were made up of the chief persons, probably military as well as civil, who were about him, and who were his assistants in the administration of the affairs of the province.

Unto Caesar shalt thou go - He was willing in this way to rid himself of the trial, and of the vexation attending it. He did not dare to deliver him to the Jews in violation of the Roman laws, and he was not willing to do justice to Paul, and thus make himself unpopular with the Jews. He was, therefore, probably rejoiced at the opportunity of thus freeing himself from all the trouble in the case in a manner against which none could object.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 25:12. Conferred with the council — From this circumstance, we may learn that the appeal of Paul to Caesar was conditional; else Festus could not have deliberated with his council whether it should be granted; for he had no power to refuse to admit such an appeal. We may, therefore, understand Paul thus: "I now stand before a tribunal where I ought to be judged; if thou refuse to hear and try this cause, rather than go to Jerusalem, I appeal to Caesar." Festus, therefore, consulted with the council, whether he should proceed to try the cause, or send Paul to Rome; and it appears that the majority were of opinion that he should be sent to Caesar.

Hast thou appealed unto Caesar, c.] Rather, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar, and to Caesar thou shalt go. The Jews were disappointed of their hope and Festus got his hand creditably drawn out of a business with which he was likely to have been greatly embarrassed.