asking as a favor that he have Paul transferred to Jerusalem; they were preparing an ambush to kill him on the road.
In context
1Three days after taking over the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, 2and the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews laid their case against Paul before him. They pressed him, 3asking as a favor that he have Paul transferred to Jerusalem; they were preparing an ambush to kill him on the road. 4Festus answered that Paul was being held at Caesarea, and that he himself would be going there shortly. 5“So let your leading men come down with me,” he said, “and if there is anything wrong with the man, let them bring their charge.”
