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Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
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And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,
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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.
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Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.
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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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And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
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And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove: