CAB(i)
1 Now when Festus had set foot in the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Ceasarea.
2 And the high priest and the prominent men of the Jews made known to him the case against Paul; and they were appealing to him,
3 asking for favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem--while planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
4 But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he was about to go there shortly.
5 "Therefore," he said, "the prominent men among you, let them go with me and accuse this man, if there is anything in this man."
6 And when he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.
7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious accusations against Paul, which they were not able to prove,
8 while he defended himself, saying, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar did I commit any sin."
9 But Festus, desiring to grant a favor to the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?"
10 But Paul said, "I am standing before the judicial bench of Caesar, by whom it is necessary for me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as also you know very well.