32And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to 26:32 Nero was the fifth and last of the Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He ruled after the death of Claudius and actively persecuted Christians. Both Paul and Peter were martyred during Nero’s reign (a.d. 54-68).Caesar (Emperor Nero).”