Now then, you and the Sanhedrin must ask the commander to bring Paul back to you. Pretend that you want more facts about his case. We’re ready to kill him before he gets here.”
The commander wanted to find out exactly what the Jews were accusing Paul of doing. So the next day he brought Paul out of prison and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to meet together. Then he led Paul in and had him stand in front of them.
They tried very hard to get Festus to bring Paul to Jerusalem as a favor to them. They asked for this because they were planning to hide and try to kill Paul along the way.
Paul knew that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees. So he called out to the members of the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I’m a Pharisee. I come from a family of Pharisees. I’m on trial because I believe that people will rise from the dead.”