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Acts 25:3
3asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
Acts 25:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
- New International Version (NIV)They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- English Standard Version (ESV)asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
- New King James Version (NKJV)asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.
Context of Acts 25:3
1Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2And the chief priests and the chief of the Jews laid informations before him against Paul, and besought him, asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way. 4Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly. 5Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.
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αἰτούμενοι χάριν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅπως μεταπέμψηται αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐνέδραν ποιοῦντες ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 25:3
- Acts 9:2and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound to Jerusalem.
- 1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?
- Jeremiah 38:4And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
- Mark 6:23And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom.
- Luke 23:8And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;
- Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
- Acts 26:9I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
- Psalms 140:1Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
- Jeremiah 18:18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- John 16:3and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me.
- Romans 3:8and not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us practise evil things, that good ones may come? whose judgment is just.
Commentaries on Acts 25:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And desired favour against him - Desired the favor of Festus, that they might accomplish their wicked purpose on Paul. Would send for him to Jerusalem - Probably under a pretence that he might be tried by the Sanhedrin; or perhaps they wished Festus to hear the cause there, and to decide it while he was at Jerusalem. Their real motive is immediately stated. Laying wait in the way to kill him - That is, they would lie in wait, or they would employ a band…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Felix’s successor was Porcius Festus. Nero appointed him as governor of Judea around AD 59–62. Josephus describes Festus as a careful and honest leader. However, he could not stop the growing unrest among the Jewish people, even though he took strong action against the Assassins (a violent group also called the Sicarii; Josephus, Antiquities 20.8.10; see also Acts 21:38). Festus refused the Jewish leaders’ request to move Paul’s trial to Jerusalem, but he…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121-3. Festus ... after three days ... ascended ... to Jerusalem--to make himself acquainted with the great central city of his government without delay.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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