Acts 25:2

Where the Rashei Hakohanim and manhigim of the Yehudim explained to Festus the charges keneged Rav Sha'ul, and they were begging him,

Orthodox Jewish 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

1Therefore Festus, having arrived in the Province, after shloshah yamim went up from Caesarea to Yerushalayim,

3Asking a favor from him, that Festus might summon Rav Sha'ul to Yerushalayim, while at the same time they were forming a kesher to kill him along the way.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, unless they have done evil; 1 and their sheynah (sleep) is robbed, unless they cause some to fall. 1

Acts 25:15When I went to Yerushalayim, the Rashei Hakohanim and the Zekenim of the Yehudim informed me about this man, requesting keneged him a sentence of condemnation.

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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