Acts 25:2

And the high priest and the principal men of the Jews appeared to him against Paul, and urged him,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Festus therefore having entered into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

3asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him on the way.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:16For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

Acts 25:15about whom, when I became in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews revealed, asking judgment against him.

Matthew Henry on Acts 25:2-13

Paul Arraigned before Festus; Paul's Fourth Defence; Paul Appeals to Cæsar. 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, 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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