1. Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
2. There the ruling kohanim and the leading Judeans brought charges against Paul. They were urging him,
3. asking a favor—to have Paul sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the road.
4. Festus then answered that Paul was being guarded at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.