Acts 25:4 meaning and explanation

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

Acts 25:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Festus has just taken over the province from Felix and is in Jerusalem meeting the chief priests and Jewish leaders, who want Paul brought up from Caesarea so they can ambush him on the road. His reply is a firm but ordinary piece of Roman procedure: the prisoner stays where the garrison and the court are, and the governor will return there shortly.

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