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


In Context

1 NOW when Festus was come into the province, after three days, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

2 And the chief priests, and principal men of the Jews, went unto him against Paul: and they besought him,

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

4 But Festus answered: That Paul was kept in Caesarea, and that he himself would very shortly depart thither.

5 Let them, therefore, saith he, among you that are able, go down with me, and accuse him, if there be any crime in the man.

Acts 25:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:3They urgently requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:3asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:3asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:3asking favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying wait to kill him on the way.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:3And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:3asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:3asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:3And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.