Acts 25:3

English Standard Version 2016

asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

Cross References

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,

Romans 3:8

And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

Acts 9:2

and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

John 16:3

And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

2 Corinthians 11:26

on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;

Proverbs 24:15

Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;