“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.”
So he said, 'Let some of your leaders come with me and press charges against this man, if he has done something wrong.' - Festus invokes the proper forms: if there is substance to the charge, present it before the magistrate. His willingness to hear the case ('if...he has done something wrong') is conditional, not predetermined. The judicial process, though flawed, at least allows Paul to answer for himself in a public setting.
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