<p>25:12 <em>Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered: You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shall you go</em>- This &quot;council&quot; was not the Sanhedrin, but rather the group of advisors called &quot;assessors&quot; who sat with the governor in such trials. Festus could have quashed Paul's appeal to Caesar; he had the power to, especially as there was no clear case against Paul. Perhaps Festus saw in this appeal a nice way out for him; for it would be a lengthy process, and the Jews would have to make representation somehow in Rome. He had not condemned nor released Paul, so the Jews could have no reason to be angry with him.</p>