^25:4Then Festus¹⁰ replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea,¹¹ and he himself intended to go there¹² shortly. ^25:5“So,” he said, “let your leaders¹³ go down there¹⁴ with me, and if this man has done anything wrong,¹⁵ they may bring charges¹⁶ against him.”

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Footnotes

10 See the note on Porcius Festus in .
11 Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in .
12 The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
13 Grk “let those who are influential among you” (i.e., the powerful).
14 The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
15 Grk “and if there is anything wrong with this man,” but this could be misunderstood in English to mean a moral or physical defect, while the issue in context is the commission of some crime, something legally improper ( ἄτοπος 2).
16 κατηγορέω 1 states, “nearly always as legal t.t.: bring charges in court.” L&N 33.427 states for κατηγορέω, “to bring serious charges or accusations against someone, with the possible connotation of a legal or court context—‘to accuse, to bring charges.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly. “So,” said he, “let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them bring charges against him.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon. Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Festus, however, answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly. “Therefore,” he said, “let those of you who have authority go down with me and accuse him, if he has done anything wrong.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But Festus replied that Paul was at Caesarea and he himself would be returning there soon. So he said, “Those of you in authority can return with me. If Paul has done anything wrong, you can make your accusations.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself was about to go there in a short time. So he said, “Let those among you who are prominent go down with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them bring charges against him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

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