Acts 26:32

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty , if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

Acts 26:32 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:32

Then said Agrippa unto Festus
As declaring his sense, and by way of advice and counsel; but not as determining anything himself, for that lay in the breast of Festus, the Roman governor and judge:

this man might have been set at liberty;
from his bonds and imprisonment; for ought that appears against him, or any law to the contrary:

if he had not appealed unto Caesar;
wherefore an inferior judge could not release him; but so it was ordered in divine Providence, that he should appeal to Caesar, that he might go to Rome, and there bear a testimony for Christ; however, this declaration of Agrippa, and what he and the governor and the rest said among themselves, are a considerable proof of the innocence of the apostle.

Acts 26:32 In-Context

30 And when he had thus spoken , the king rose up , and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

31 And when they were gone aside , they talked between themselves, saying , This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty , if he had not appealed unto Caesar.