Acts 25:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ But Festus wanted to ·please [curry favor with; or do a favor for] the ·people [^LJews]. So he asked Paul, “·Do you want [or Are you willing] to go [^Lup] to Jerusalem for me to ·judge [try] you there on these charges?”

¹⁰ Paul said, “I am standing at Caesar’s ·judgment seat [or court; tribunal] now, where I should be ·judged [tried]. I have done nothing wrong to ·them [^Lthe Jews]; you ·know this is true [clearly recognize this]. ¹¹ If I have done something wrong and ·the law says I must die [^Lworthy of death], I do not ask to be saved from death. But if these charges are ·not true [baseless], then no one can ·give me [hand me over; or make me a gift; ^CPaul detects Festus’ desire to gain favor with the Jews] to them. I ·want Caesar to hear my case [appeal to Caesar/the emperor; ^Cthe right of a Roman citizen for a capital offense]!”