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Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
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And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,
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asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
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Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart [thither] shortly.
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Let them therefore, saith he, that are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.
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And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
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And when he was come, the Jews that had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove;