Acts 25:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and requested, as a favor to them against Paul, to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do no violence to the place where the righteous live;

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”

Jeremiah 38:4

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

John 16:3

And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.

Acts 9:2

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

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night so that they might kill him,

Romans 3:8

And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their judgment is deserved!

2 Corinthians 11:26

on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own people, danger from gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers and sisters;