26and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;


In Context

23 having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let him also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

24 And after certain days, Felix having come with Drusilla his wife, being a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith toward Christ,

25 and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, 'For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'

26 and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;

27 and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favour on the Jews, left Paul bound.

Acts 24:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:26At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for him frequently and talked with him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:26Hoping also withal, that money should be given him by Paul; for which cause also oftentimes sending for him, he spoke with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:26He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:26hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:26He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:26He hoped also that money would have been given him by Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:26Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: why he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.