Acts 23:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to slay him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ So now you, along with the council (Sanhedrin), give notice to the commandant to bring [Paul] down to you, as if you were going to investigate his case more accurately. But we [ourselves] are ready to slay him before he comes near.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ You and the council must explain to the commander that you need Paul brought down to you. Pretend that you want to examine his case more closely. We’re prepared to kill him before he arrives.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Therefore, with the council, you should now give notice to the tribune, so that he may bring him to you, as if you intended to determine something else about him. But before he approaches, we have made preparations to put him to death."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Now therefore do you with the council signify to the tribune, that he bring him forth to you, as if you meant to know something more certain touching him. And we, before he come near, are ready to kill him.

Acts 23:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:5

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

Psalm 21:11

For they intended evil against thee: They imagined a device, which they are not able to perform.

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation ard destruction are in their paths.

John 18:12

So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,

Acts 22:30

But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty, wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts 23:1

And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.

Acts 23:6

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Acts 25:3

asking favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying wait to kill him on the way.