Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 25:2-3

"And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him, asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way." — Acts 25:2-3 (ASV)

They had been foiled in their previous attempt to assassinate the apostle, but their malice led them to try again to put him to death in that despicable manner.