25 Now when Festus had come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

² Then the high priest and the chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul and besought him,

³ desiring a favor against him: that he would have Paul brought to Jerusalem, so that they might lie in wait on the way to kill him.

⁴ But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

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