15 and when I went to Jerusalem, the Jewish chief priests and elders brought charges against him and asked me to condemn him.
16 But I told them that we Romans are not in the habit of handing over any who are accused of a crime before they have met their accusers face-to-face and have had the chance of defending themselves against the accusation.
17 When they came here, then, I lost no time, but on the very next day I sat in the judgment court and ordered the man to be brought in.
18 His opponents stood up, but they did not accuse him of any of the evil crimes that I thought they would.
19 All they had were some arguments with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus, who has died; but Paul claims that he is alive.
20 I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters, so I asked Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
21 But Paul appealed; he asked to be kept under guard and to let the Emperor decide his case. So I gave orders for him to be kept under guard until I could send him to the Emperor.”