Acts 25:2

Then the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul and started importuning him,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Now upon assuming the province, after three days Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

3begging a favor from him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

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Cross References

Acts 25:15about whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for punishment 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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