ACTS 25:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?”
Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, 'Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there?' - Festus reveals his weakness: wanting (thelōn, thelōn) to 'do the Jews a favor' (charin epiginōnai, charin epiginōnai, 'to secure favor with'), he bends toward injustice. He offers to move the trial back to Jerusalem, where mob pressure could influence the verdict. The 'before me' is crucial-Festus would preside, but in the Jews' home territory, where his judgment could be compromised.
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