1. Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2. where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.
3. They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
4. Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
5. Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”