1. Three days after Festus had become governor, he went from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2. There the chief priests and some Jewish leaders told him about their charges against Paul. They also asked Festus
3. if he would be willing to bring Paul to Jerusalem. They begged him to do this because they were planning to attack and kill Paul on the way.
4. But Festus told them, “Paul will be kept in Caesarea, and I am soon going there myself.
5. If he has done anything wrong, let your leaders go with me and bring charges against him there.”
6. Festus stayed in Jerusalem for eight or ten more days before going to Caesarea. Then the next day he took his place as judge and had Paul brought into court.
7. As soon as Paul came in, the Jewish leaders from Jerusalem crowded around him and said he was guilty of many serious crimes. But they could not prove anything.
8. Then Paul spoke in his own defence, “I have not broken the Law of my people. And I have not done anything against either the temple or the Emperor.”