Acts 26:32
And Agrippa said to Festus: This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Agrippa autem Festo dixit : Dimitti poterat homo hic, si non appellasset Cæsarem.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- Ἀγρίππας δὲ τῷ Φήστῳ ἔφη· Ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος εἰ μὴ ἐπεκέκλητο Καίσαρα.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily LIII on Acts xxvi. 30-32
Acts XXVI. 30-32 “And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: and when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.”