Acts 25:2

and both the chief priests and the first men of the Jews appeared before him against Paul, and continued to entreat him,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Then Festus having entered upon his office, after three days went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem;

3asking favor against him, in order that he might send him to Jerusalem, making a plot to kill him on the road.

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Cross References

Acts 25:15concerning whom, I being in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews appeared before me, asking condemnation 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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