Verse 3
Acts 25:3
Young's Literal Translation
3
asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
Original Language Text
greek
αἰτούμενοι χάριν κατ’ αὐτοῦ ὅπως μεταπέμψηται αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐνέδραν ποιοῦντες ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν.
English Translation
Asking for grace from him to send him to Jerusalem, they were plotting to kill him along the way.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 25 Context
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Festus, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesare...
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and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him [the things] against Pau...
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asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to dea...
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Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on...
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'Therefore those able among you -- saith he -- having come down together, if there be anything in th...
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and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having...
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and he having come, there stood round about the Jews who have come down from Jerusalem -- many and w...
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he making defence -- 'Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in...
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And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favour, answering Paul, said, 'Art thou willing, to Jerusale...
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and Paul said, 'At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews...
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for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and...
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then Festus, having communed with the council, answered, 'To Caesar thou hast appealed; to Caesar th...
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And certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea saluting Festus...
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and as they were continuing there more days, Festus submitted to the king the things concerning Paul...
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about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information,...
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unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before t...
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'They, therefore, having come together -- I, making no delay, on the succeeding [day] having sat upo...
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concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the thin...
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but certain questions concerning their own religion they had against him, and concerning a certain Y...
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and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusa...
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but Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I did command him to be kept till I...
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And Agrippa said unto Festus, 'I was wishing also myself to hear the man;' and he said, 'To-morrow t...
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on the morrow, therefore -- on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having...
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And Festus said, 'King Agrippa, and all men who are present with us, ye see this one, about whom all...
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and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to...
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concerning whom I have no certain thing to write to [my] lord, wherefore I brought him forth before...
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for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'
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