Acts 25:1-3

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Paul Asks to See Caesar

25 Three days after Festus ·became governor [^Larrived in the province], he went [^Lup] from Caesarea to Jerusalem. ² There the ·leading [^Tchief] priests and the important leaders [^Lof the Jews] made charges against Paul before Festus. ³ They ·asked [urged] Festus to do them a favor. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem, because they ·had a plan [^Lplanned an ambush] to kill him on the way.