Acts 25:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Acts 25:15While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a 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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