about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for a judgment against him.

16 To then I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.

1. Festus confirms that is not right to return him to Jerusalem after the Romans have taken over the case.

2. He has been held in prison for more than two years and has yet to have a charge made or any kind of trial to answer the charges.

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