And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
And desired favour (entreating it as a boon), against him. If we take the word "favour" here in the sense of "judgment" against him (as in Acts 25:15), it amounted to asking him for condemnation without even a trial; and Acts 25:16 would seem to confirm this.
That he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. How deep must have been their hostility when, two years after the defeat of their former attempt, they thirst as keenly as ever for his blood! Their plea for having the case tried at Jerusalem, where the alleged offence took place, was plausible enough; but from Acts 25:10 it would seem that Festus had been made acquainted with their causeless malice, and that in some way which Paul was privy to.