Acts 25:15

15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him and asked for a sentence against him.

Acts 25:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:15

About whom, when I was at Jerusalem
Quickly after he came to his government:

the chief priests and elders of the Jews informed me;
brought an accusation to him, exhibited to him charges against him, presented to him a bill of information, setting forth various crimes he had been guilty of:

desiring to have judgment against him;
not barely to have his cause tried, but to have a sentence of condemnation passed upon him; some copies read "condemnation", as the Alexandrian copy, and two of Beza's; and that punishment is designed, and even death itself, is manifest from the following words.

Acts 25:15 In-Context

13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus.

14 Since they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man here who was left in prison by Felix.

15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him and asked for a sentence against him.

16 I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met the accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the charge.

17 So when they met here, I lost no time, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.