Acts 25:2-4

Contemporary English Version

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.