For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also the charges against him."Festus had played into the Jews' hands, by suggesting Paul be moved to Jerusalem for trial. This is what they were hoping for, and they'd already made plans to have him ambushed and killed on the way. Paul appealed to Caesar as the only way to stop this from happening.
However, this left Festus with a problem. He had no charges against Paul under Roman law, only Jewish religious issues that were not really in Caesar's purview. So what should Festus list as a charge to send him to Rome with, except being a troublemaker according to the barbaric locals?
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