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Acts 25:3

Jerusalem

1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.

2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Acts 23:12–15

    And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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  • Acts 9:24

    But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

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  • Mark 6:23–25

    And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

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  • Psalms 37:32–33

    The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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  • Acts 9:2

    And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

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  • Acts 26:9–11

    I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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  • Romans 3:8

    And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

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  • John 16:3

    And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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