Acts 25:12-16

Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.”

Now when several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea, paying their respects to Festus.

And while they were spending many days there, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

and when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

I replied to them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any person before the accused meets his accusers face to face, and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.