Acts 25:2

Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

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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 to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

3asking a favour against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:16For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

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