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Acts 25:2

Paul

1 Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

3 to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

4 But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

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BSB
where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
KJV
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
WEB
Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
ASV
And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,
DARBY
And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him,
BLB
And the chief priests and the chiefs of the Jews presented to him against Paul, and they were imploring him,
ÅB
Yppersteprestene og jødenes første menn førte da klage hos ham mot Paulus og kom fram med en bønn til ham;
OTB
Overprestene og jødenes ledere kom til ham med anklager mot Paulus, og de ba Festus.
B1930
Yppersteprestene og jødenes første menn førte da klage hos ham mot Paulus og kom frem med en bønn til ham;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 25:15

    While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

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  • Proverbs 4:16

    For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

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  • Acts 24:1

    Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

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  • Romans 3:12–19

    All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

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  • Job 31:31

    if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

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