Acts 23:15

New Century Version

So this is what we want you to do: Send a message to the commander to bring Paul out to you as though you want to ask him more questions. We will be waiting to kill him while he is on the way here.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:5

Jonadab said to Amnon, “Go to bed and act as if you are sick. Then your father will come to see you. Tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in and give me food to eat. Let her make the food in front of me so I can watch and eat it from her hand.’ ”

Psalm 21:11

They made evil plans against you, but their traps won’t work.

Proverbs 1:16

They are eager to do evil and are quick to kill.

Proverbs 4:16

because they cannot sleep until they do evil. They cannot rest until they harm someone.

Isaiah 59:7

They eagerly run to do evil, and they are always ready to kill innocent people. They think evil thoughts. Everywhere they go they cause ruin and destruction.

John 18:12

Then the soldiers with their commander and the guards arrested Jesus. They tied him

Acts 22:30

The next day the commander decided to learn why the Jews were accusing Paul. So he ordered the leading priests and the council to meet. The commander took Paul’s chains off. Then he brought Paul out and stood him before their meeting.

Acts 23:1

Paul looked at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life without guilt feelings before God up to this day.”

Acts 23:6

Some of the men in the meeting were Sadducees, and others were Pharisees. Knowing this, Paul shouted to them, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, and my father was a Pharisee. I am on trial here because I believe that people will rise from the dead.”

Acts 25:3

They asked Festus to do them a favor. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem, because they had a plan to kill him on the way.