Acts 23:28 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁸ And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And wishing to know the exact accusation which they were making against him, I brought him down before their council (Sanhedrin),

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

Common English Bible

²⁸ I wanted to find out why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their council.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And wanting to know the reason that they objected to him, I brought him into their council.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.

Acts 23:28 Cross References

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.

Acts 22:30

But on the morrow, desiring to know the real reason why the Jews accused him, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.

Acts 23:1

And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, “Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience up to this day.”

Acts 23:10

And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.