Acts 25:3

They urgently asked Festus to do something for them. They asked him to command soldiers to bring Paul to Jerusalem, so that Festus could put him on trial there. But they were planning that some of them would hide near the road and wait for Paul and kill him when he was traveling to Jerusalem.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

In Context

2In Jerusalem, the chief priests and other Jewish leaders formally told Festus about the things that they said that Paul had done that were wrong.

4But Festus replied, “Paul is in Caesarea, and is being guarded { soldiers are guarding him} there. I myself will go down to Caesarea in a few days.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:19Some people from Ziph went to Saul when he was at Gibeah, and they told him, “David and his men are hiding in our land [RHQ]! They are hiding in places at Horesh on Hakilah Hill, south of a place named Jeshimon.

Psalms 64:2Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; protect me from that gang of men who do what is evil.

Proverbs 24:15Do not be like wicked people who hide and wait to break into the houses of righteous/good people and rob/steal things.

Jeremiah 38:4So those officials went to the king and said, “This man Jeremiah should be executed! Because of what he is saying, he is discouraging our soldiers who remain in the city. He is also discouraging the people. He is not saying things that will help us; he is saying things that will defeat us.”

Luke 23:8So they did. When Herod saw Jesus, he was very happy. He had heard about Jesus, and he had been hoping for a long time that he could see Jesus perform a miracle.

Acts 9:2and requested him to write letters introducing him to the leaders of [MTY] the Jewish meeting places in Damascus city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul to seize any men or women who followed the way that Jesus had taught, and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them.

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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