⁹ But Festus, ^(A)wanting to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, ^(B)“Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?”

²⁷ But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, ^(A)wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.

²⁰ And because I was uncertain of such questions, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

³ And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during ^(A)the Days of Unleavened Bread.

³ asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—^(A)while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

^15 (A)So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be ^(B)crucified.