Paul Appeals to Caesar

25 Now when^[a] Festus set foot in the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. ² And the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought charges against Paul to him, and were urging him, ³ asking for a favor against him, that he summon him to Jerusalem, because they^[b] were preparing an ambush to do away with him along the way. ⁴ Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself was about to go there^[c] in a short time. ⁵ So he said, “Let those among you who are prominent go down with me,^[d] and^[e] if there is any wrong in the man, let them bring charges against him.”