Acts 25:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ They asked Festus to do something for them; the Jews wanted Festus to send Paul back to Jerusalem. They had a plan to kill Paul on the way.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Asking as a favor that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; [meanwhile] they were planning an ambush to slay him on the way.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

Common English Bible

³ they asked as a favor from Festus that he summon Paul to Jerusalem. They were planning to ambush and kill him along the way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ asking for favor against him, so that he would order him to be led to Jerusalem, where they were maintaining an ambush in order to kill him along the way.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Requesting favour against him, that he would command him to be brought to Jerusalem, laying wait to kill him in the way.

Acts 25:3 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 24:15

Don’t be like a thief that wants to steal from a good person or take away his home.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the enemies of Jeremiah said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. And the advice from the wise men will still be with us. We will still have the words of the prophets. So let us tell lies about him. That will ruin him. We will not pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 38:4

Then those royal officials that heard the things Jeremiah was telling the people went to King Zedekiah. They said to the king, “Jeremiah must be put to death. He is making the soldiers that are still in the city become discouraged. Jeremiah is discouraging everyone by the things he is saying. Jeremiah does not want good to happen to us. He wants to ruin the people of Jerusalem.”

John 16:3

People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

Acts 9:2

Saul asked him to write letters to the Jews of the synagogues {\cf2\super [185]} in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted the high priest to give him the authority to find people in Damascus who were followers of the Way \{of Jesus\}. If he found any believers there, men or women, he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:24

The Jews were watching the city gates day and night, \{waiting for Saul\}. They wanted to kill him. But Saul learned about their plan.

Romans 3:8

It would be the same to say, “We should do evil so that good will come.” Many people criticize us and say that we teach those things. People that say those things are wrong, and they should be condemned.

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have traveled many, many times. And I have been in danger from rivers, from thieves, from my own people (the Jews), and from people who are not Jews. I have been in danger in cities, in places where no people live, and on the sea. And I have been in danger with people who say they are brothers, but are really not brothers.