Acts 25:5

Let them therefore … which among you are able R. V."which are of power among you." The words of Festus do not refer to whether some of them could go to Cæsarea or not, but to the character of those who should go down, that they should be men of influence and character, such as would fitly represent the powerful body who appealed to him.

go down with me For they were evidently wealthy persons, whose companionship on the journey might be no discredit to the governor. Festus was no doubt willing to conciliate the influential people in the nation, though he had refused to break through a regulation of his predecessor at their request.

and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him A large number of MSS., with the Text. Rec., give no word for "wickedness." But in some of the oldest Texts there is a word which signifies "out of the way." The Rev. Ver.therefore gives "and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him." The adjective is the same that is so rendered, Luke 23:41, "This man hath done nothing amiss."