“I told them that’s not the way Romans do things. We don’t judge anyone before they’ve had the chance to face the people bringing charges against them and answer for themselves.
Then I was told that they’d made a plan to kill him. So I sent him to you at once. I also ordered those who were accusing him to present their case to you.
Paul was about to defend himself, but just then Gallio responded, “You Jews aren’t claiming that Paul is doing anything immoral or illegal. If you were, it would make sense for me to listen to you.
Festus spent eight or ten days in Jerusalem with them, and then he went down to Caesarea. The next day he called the court together and ordered Paul to be brought before him.