Defining Paul in the Book of Acts

Verse 22 raises the possibility that agrippa had already heard about paul and was eager to hear him for himself. Given the opportunity to hear him by festus, he readily jumped at it. Paul's appeal to caesar was in part to avoid this situation, in hope that he might find more justice in another court. It would be absurd for him to be presented before him without some sort of charge. And so at this point, festus is largely fishing for charge. Even though he's found nothing wrong in paul, he can't set him free without causing friction with the jews. What follows is less a matter of paul answering specific charges that have been levelled