After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court(A) and ordered that Paul be brought before him.(B) When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him,(C) but they could not prove them.(D)

Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple(E) or against Caesar.”

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After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on (A)the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him (B)that they could not prove. Paul argued in his defense, “Neither (C)against (D)the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor (E)against Caesar have I committed any offense.”

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