Festus Assumes Office and Meets Jewish Leaders

Acts 25:1-5

Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”