“Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you [a]go there with me, and if there is anything wrong [b]about the man, let them [c]prosecute him.”

After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to (A)Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on (B)the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing (C)many and serious charges against him (D)which they could not prove,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 25:5 Lit go down
  2. Acts 25:5 Lit in
  3. Acts 25:5 Or accuse

Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”

After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court(A) and ordered that Paul be brought before him.(B) When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him,(C) but they could not prove them.(D)

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