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asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.

Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.

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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.(A) Festus answered, “Paul is being held(B) at Caesarea,(C) and I myself am going there soon. Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”

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