Acts 23:30
28 and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
29 I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
31 So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
32 The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- KJV
- And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
- WEB
- When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”
- ASV
- And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.
- DARBY
- But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man [by the Jews], I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. [Farewell.]
- BLB
- And a plot having been disclosed to me to be against the man, I sent [him] to you at once, also having instructed the accusers to speak these things against him before you.
- ÅB
- Men da det nå er blitt meldt meg at de vil gjøre et overfall på mannen, sender jeg ham uten opphold til deg, etter at jeg har pålagt hans anklagere at også de skal fremføre for deg det de har å si.
- OTB
- Da jeg ble informert om en sammensvergelse mot ham, sendte jeg ham straks til deg, og beordret hans anklagere å presentere sin sak mot ham for deg.»
- B1930
- Men da det nu er blitt meldt mig at de vil gjøre et overfall på mannen, sender jeg ham uten ophold til dig, efterat jeg har pålagt hans anklagere at også de skal fremføre for dig det de har å si.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 24:6–8
and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
Read in contextActs 25:16
I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
Read in contextActs 24:19
who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
Read in contextActs 23:35
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
Read in contextActs 23:20
He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.
Read in contextActs 25:5–6
So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
Read in contextActs 9:24
but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
Read in context