“And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.”
They urgently requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem - for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way - Luke's aside reveals the murderous intent behind the formal request. The Greek desis (deesis, 'petition') carries the weight of urgent supplication, but it masks conspiracy. The 'way' (hodos, hodos) from Caesarea to Jerusalem becomes the stage for a planned assassination, making the legal process itself a cover for violence.
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