3. They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
4. Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5. Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”
6. After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him.