Acts 25:2-4

Expanded Bible

² There the ·leading [^Tchief] priests and the important leaders [^Lof the Jews] made charges against Paul before Festus. ³ They ·asked [urged] Festus to do them a favor. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem, because they ·had a plan [^Lplanned an ambush] to kill him on the way. ⁴ But Festus answered that Paul would be kept in Caesarea and that he himself was returning there soon.