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.


In Context

1 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul.

3 They 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.

4 Festus answered, "Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

5 Let some of your leaders come with me and press charges against the man there, if he has done anything wrong."

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 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 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.