Acts 23:15

New International Reader's Version

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin must make an appeal to the commanding officer. Ask him to bring Paul to you. Pretend you want more facts about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:5

“Go to bed,” Jonadab said. “Pretend to be sick. Your father will come to see you. When he does, tell him, ‘I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food right here in front of me where I can watch her. Then she can feed it to me.’ ”

Psalm 21:11

Your enemies make evil plans against you. They think up evil things to do. But they can’t succeed.

Proverbs 1:16

They are always in a hurry to sin. They are quick to spill someone’s blood.

Proverbs 4:16

Sinners can’t rest until they do what is evil. They can’t sleep until they make someone sin.

Isaiah 59:7

They are always in a hurry to sin. They run quickly to murder those who aren’t guilty. They love to think up evil plans. They leave a trail of harmful actions.

John 18:12

Then the group of soldiers, their commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They tied him up

Acts 22:30

The commanding officer wanted to find out exactly what the Jews had against Paul. So the next day he let Paul out of prison. He ordered a meeting of the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin. Then he brought Paul and had him stand in front of them.

Acts 23:1

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin. “My brothers,” he said, “I have always done my duty to God. To this day I feel that I have done nothing wrong.”

Acts 23:6

Paul knew that some of them were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees. So he called out to the members of the Sanhedrin. “My brothers,” he said, “I am a Pharisee. I come from a family of Pharisees. I believe that people will rise from the dead. That’s why I am on trial.”

Acts 25:3

They tried very hard to get Festus to have Paul taken to Jerusalem. They asked for this as a favor. They were planning to hide and attack Paul along the way. They wanted to kill him.