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Paul Before Festus

25 Festus then, having arrived in (A)the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from (B)Caesarea. And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews (C)brought charges against Paul, and they were pleading with him, requesting a favor against [a]Paul, that he might [b]have him brought to Jerusalem (while they (D)set an ambush to kill him on the way). Festus then (E)answered that Paul (F)was being kept in custody at (G)Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly. “Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go down there with me, and if there is anything wrong [c]about the man, let them accuse him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 25:3 Lit him
  2. Acts 25:3 Lit send for him to Jerusalem
  3. Acts 25:5 Lit in

Appeal to Caesar

25 Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.(A) The chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented their case against Paul to him; and they appealed,(B) asking for a favor against Paul, that Festus summon him to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, preparing an ambush along the road to kill him. Festus, however, answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.(C) “Therefore,” he said, “let those of you who have authority go down with me and accuse him, if he has done anything wrong.”

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