TSK · Acts 23:15

Jonadab replied to him,“Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes in to see you, say to him,‘Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.’”

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.