7. When he arrived, many Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him. They brought serious charges against him, but they couldn’t prove them.
8. In his own defense, Paul said, "I’ve done nothing wrong against the Jewish Law, against the temple, or against Caesar."
9. Festus, wanting to put the Jews in his debt, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me concerning these things?"
10. Paul replied, "I’m standing before Caesar’s court. I ought to be tried here. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you well know.