Acts 25:1-5 ▼

1 Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

2 Then the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented their case against Paul to him; and they appealed,

3 asking him to do them a favor against Paul, that he might summon him to Jerusalem. They were preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.

4 However, Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.”

5 Therefore,” he said, “let the men of authority among you go down with me and accuse him, if there is any wrong in this man.”