asking for a favor against him, that he summon him to Jerusalem, because they[a] were preparing an ambush to do away with him along the way. Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself was about to go there[b] in a short time. So he said, “Let those among you who are prominent go down with me,[c] and[d] if there is any wrong in the man, let them bring charges against him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 25:3 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were preparing ”) which is understood as causal
  2. Acts 25:4 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 25:5 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Acts 25:5 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go down with”) has been translated as a finite verb