Acts 25:1-7 ▼

1 WHEN Festus then was come into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Cæsarea.

2 And the high-priest and the principal persons among the Jews informed him against Paul, and entreated him,

3 begging it as a favour from him, that he would send him back to Jerusalem, lying in wait for him to kill him on the road.

4 Then Festus answered, that Paul should be kept in custody at Cæsarea, and that he himself was going thither shortly.

5 Let therefore, said he, those among you who are able, go down with me, and accuse him, if there be anything criminal in this man.

6 And after staying with them more than ten days, he went down to Cæsarea; and on the morrow seated on the bench, commanded Paul to be brought.

7 And on his appearing, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and laid many and heavy accusations against Paul, which they were not able to prove.