But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial there before me on these charges?”
In context
7When Paul appeared, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood round him and brought many grave charges which they could not prove. 8Paul answered in his own defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews, or against the temple, or against Caesar.” 9But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial there before me on these charges?” 10Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, and this is where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you yourself know very well. 11If I am guilty and have done something that deserves death, I do not ask to escape it. But if there is nothing to the charges these men bring against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to Caesar.”
