Acts 25:2

And the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews brought a complaint before him against Paul, and besought 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

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

3asking for themselves a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, intending to place men in wait to kill him on the road.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; Yea, their sleep is taken away, unless they have caused some to fall.

Acts 25:15against whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought a complaint, asking for 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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