1. Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2. Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and urged him,
3. And desired a favor from him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him along the way.
4. But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart there shortly.
5. Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6. And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7. And when he was come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8. While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended anything at all.