1 Three days after Festus arrived, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2
There the chief priests and Jewish leaders came to him and brought their charges against Paul.
3
They tried to get Festus to have Paul taken to Jerusalem. They asked for this as a favor. They were planning to hide and attack Paul along the way. They wanted to kill him.
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Festus answered, "Paul is being held at Caesarea. Soon I'll be going there myself.
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Let some of your leaders come with me. If the man has done anything wrong, they can bring charges against him there."
6
Festus spent eight or ten days in Jerusalem with them. Then he went down to Caesarea. The next day he called the court together. He ordered Paul to be brought to him.