When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood round him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.

Then Paul made his defence: ‘I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.’

Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favour, said to Paul, ‘Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?’

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