28Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.


In Context

25 He wrote a letter like this:

26 |Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

27 |This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

28 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.|

Acts 23:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:28I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:28And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:28And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:28And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28And when I would have known the cause why they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: