'Charges' in the Bible
Since a plot against the man has been reported to me, I'm sending him to you at once, and I've also ordered his accusers to present their charges against him before you."
and they cannot prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.
The high priests and Jewish leaders informed him of their charges against Paul, urging
"Therefore," he said, "have your authorities come down with me and present their charges against him there, if there is anything wrong with the man."
When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.
Then Festus, wanting to do the Jewish leaders a favor, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried there before me on these charges?"
If I'm guilty and have done something that deserves death, I'm willing to die. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to the emperor!"
For it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner without specifying the charges against him."