Acts 25:3
1 Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
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.
5 So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- KJV
- And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
- WEB
- asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.
- ASV
- asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
- DARBY
- asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
- BLB
- requesting a favor against him that he would summon him to Jerusalem, forming an ambush to kill him on the way.
- ÅB
- med ondt i sinne mot Paulus utbad de seg den nåde at han ville la ham hente til Jerusalem; for de lå på lur for å slå ham ihjel på veien.
- OTB
- De ba om en tjeneste mot Paulus, at han skulle bli ført til Jerusalem, mens de planla et bakhold for å drepe ham på veien.
- B1930
- med ondt i sinne mot Paulus utbad de sig den nåde at han vilde la ham hente til Jerusalem; for de lå på lur for å slå ham ihjel på veien.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 23:12–15
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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 contextMark 6:23–25
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
Read in contextPsalms 37:32–33
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Read in contextActs 9:2
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 26:9–11
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Read in contextRomans 3:8
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
Read in contextJohn 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
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