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There the leading priests and the important Jewish leaders made charges against Paul before Festus. They asked Festus to do something for them; they wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem. (They had a plan to kill Paul on the way.) But Festus answered, “No! Paul will be kept in Caesarea. I will return there soon myself.

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where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.(A) They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.(B) Festus answered, “Paul is being held(C) at Caesarea,(D) and I myself am going there soon.

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