3. They asked Festus to do them a favor. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem, because they had a plan to kill him on the way.
4. But Festus answered that Paul would be kept in Caesarea and that he himself was returning there soon.
5. He said, “Some of your leaders should go with me. They can accuse the man there in Caesarea, if he has really done something wrong.”
6. Festus stayed in Jerusalem another eight or ten days and then went back to Caesarea. The next day he told the soldiers to bring Paul before him. Festus was seated on the judge’s seat