Paul Before Festus

25 Festus then, having arrived in ^(A)the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from ^(B)Caesarea. ² And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews ^(C)brought charges against Paul, and they were pleading with him, ³ 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). ⁴ Festus then ^(E)answered that Paul ^(F)was being kept in custody at ^(G)Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly. ⁵ “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.”