Worrell(i)
1 Festus, therefore, having come to the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea;
2 and the high priests and chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and were beseeching him,
3 asking it as a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush, to kill him on the way.
4 Festus, therefore, answered, that Paul was held at Caesarea, and that he himself was about shortly to go out thither.
5 "Let those, therefore, among you," said he, who are able, going down with me, accuse him, if there is anything amiss in him.
6 And, having spent among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and, on the morrow, sitting on the judgment-seat, he ordered Paul to be brought.
7 And, when he presented himself, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and grievous charges, which they were not able to prove;
8 Paul saying in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, did I commit any sin."
9 But Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, answering, said to Paul, "Are you willing, having gone up to Jerusalem, to be judged there concerning these things before me?"
10 And Paul said, "I am standing at Caesar's judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you also very well know.