1. Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
2. And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,
3. asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
4. Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.
5. Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.
6. And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
7. And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove: