Acts 25:26
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
Festus refused pressure to send Paul to Jerusalem for trial and arranged a fair hearing, a decision that preserved Paul's life. The verse stands after Paul appealed to Caesar, while Festus waited for a suitable ship to send him to Rome. Festus had found that Paul had done nothing deserving death. He had no definite charge about Paul to report to Caesar the emperor, so he brought Paul before Agrippa and the assembled company for examination in order to find something specific to write in his report when sending the prisoner to Caesar. He acted because he considered it unreasonable to send a prisoner without stating the accusations against him.
The lack of a clear charge and the delay left Paul's trial postponed while his accusers had not yet come to Rome. The delay gave Paul an opportunity to present the reasons for his faith before the principal men of Caesarea and King Agrippa II. His imprisonment thus brought the gospel before rulers, as his case was presented for examination before King Agrippa and other leaders and gave them an opportunity to hear the truth.
In chains and facing a criminal's death under Nero during his imprisonment and trial before Roman authorities, Paul is an example of faith standing against human power. The same pattern occurred when the gospel was proclaimed before the princes and nobles gathered in the imperial city.