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


In Context

1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,

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

4 Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart thither shortly.

5 Let them therefore, saith he, which are of power among you, go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:3Requesting favour against him, that he would command him to be brought to Jerusalem, laying wait to kill him in 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 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.