Acts 25:16 BBE

¹⁴  And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

¹⁵  Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

¹⁶  To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

¹⁷  So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

¹⁸  But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind: