‘And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.'
The matter having now been drawn to his attention Festus, having remained a few more days in Jerusalem, ‘went down' to Caesarea, and the next day took his place on the seat of judgment and commanded that Paul be brought before him.