Acts 25:3
“And desired fauour against him, that he would send for him to Hierusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.”
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Acts 25:3 Context
1Nowe when Festus was come into the prouince, after three dayes he ascended frō Cesarea to Hierusalem. 2Then the high Priest, and the chiefe of the Iewes informed him against Paul, and besought him, 3And desired fauour against him, that he would send for him to Hierusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. 4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that hee himselfe would depart shortly thither. 5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go downe with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickednesse in him.
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And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
- King James Version
requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem ({at the same time,} setting an ambush to kill him on the way).
- New American Standard Version (1995)