Acts 23:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Nowe therfore geue ye knowledge to the vpper captayne, and to the counsell, that he bryng hym foorth vnto you to morrowe, as though ye woulde knowe somethyng more perfectly of hym: And we, or euer he come neare, are redy to kyll hym.

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  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym. 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feete runne to euyll, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their counsels are wicked counsels, harme and destruction are in their wayes.
  • Acts 22:30-23:1 : 30 On the morowe, because he woulde haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed hym from his bandes, and commaunded the hye priestes & all the counsell to come together, & brought Paul foorth, and set hym before them. 1 And Paul earnestlie beholdyng the counsell, saide: Men & brethren, I haue lyued in al good conscience before God vntyll this day.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired fauour agaynst hym, that he woulde sende for hym to Hierusalem: & they layde awayte in the way, to kyll hym.
  • Rom 3:14-16 : 14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse. 15 Their feete are swyft to shed blood. 16 Heartes griefe & miserie are in their wayes.
  • Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause: 12 Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit:
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not bring it to passe.

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  • 87%

    16And when Paules sisters sonne heard of their laying awaite, he went & entred into the castle, and tolde Paul.

    17And Paul called one of the vnder captaynes vnto hym, and sayde: Bryng this young man vnto the hye captayne, for he hath a certayne thyng to shewe hym.

    18And he toke hym, and brought hym to the hye captayne, and sayde: Paul the prisoner called me vnto him, and prayed me to bryng this young man vnto thee, which hath a certayne matter to shewe thee.

    19Then the hye captayne toke hym by the hande, and went with hym out of the way, and asked hym: What is it that thou hast to tell me?

    20And he sayde: The Iewes are determined to desire thee, that thou wouldest bryng foorth Paul to morowe into the counsell, as though they would enquire somewhat of hym more perfectly.

    21But folowe not thou their myndes: For there lye in wayte for him, of them, mo the fourtie men, which haue bounde themselues with a vowe, that they will neither eate nor drynke, tyll they haue kylled hym. And nowe are they redy, and loke that thou shouldest promise.

    22The vpper captayne then let ye young man depart, and charged hym, see thou tell it out to no man, that thou hast shewed these thynges to me.

    23And he called vnto hym two vnder captaynes, saying: Make redy two hundred souldyers, to go to Cesarea, and horsmen threescore and ten, and spearemen two hundred, at the thirde houre of the nyght:

    24And delyuer them beastes, that they may set Paul on, and bryng hym safe vnto Felix the hye deputie.

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    10And when there arose a great debate, the chiefe captayne, fearyng lest Paul shoulde haue ben pluckt asunder of the, comaunded the souldiers to go downe, and to take him from among them, and to bryng hym into the castle.

    11And the nyght folowyng, the Lorde stoode by hym, and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.

    12And when it was day, certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together, and made a vowe, saying that they woulde neither eate nor drynke, tyl they had kylled Paul.

    13And they were mo then fourtie men, which had made this conspiracie.

    14And they came to the chiefe priestes and elders, and sayde: We haue bounde our selues with a vowe, that we wyll eate nothyng vntyll we haue slayne Paul.

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    29Then strayghtway departed fro him they which should haue examined him. And the hie captaine also was afrayde, after he knew that he was a Romane, and because he had bounde hym.

    30On the morowe, because he woulde haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed hym from his bandes, and commaunded the hye priestes & all the counsell to come together, & brought Paul foorth, and set hym before them.

  • Acts 25:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2Then enfourmed him the hye priest, and the chiefe of the Iewes, of Paul: And they besought hym,

    3And desired fauour agaynst hym, that he woulde sende for hym to Hierusalem: & they layde awayte in the way, to kyll hym.

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    27This man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue ben kylled of them: Then came I with souldeirs, & rescued hym, and perceaued that he was a Romane.

    28And whe I would haue knowen the cause, wherfore they accused hym, I brought hym foorth into their counsell.

    29Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death, or of bondes.

    30And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man, I sent hym strayghtway to thee, and gaue commaundement to his accusers, that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym, they shoulde tell before thee. Fare well.

    31Then the souldyers, as it was commaunded them, toke Paul, and brought hym by nyght to Antipatris.

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    15About whom, when I came to Hierusalem, the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me, and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym.

    16To whom I aunswered: It is not the maner of the Romanes, for fauour to delyuer any man that he shoulde perishe, before that he which is accused, haue the accusers before hym, and haue licence to aunswere for hymselfe, concernyng the cryme layde agaynst hym.

    17Therfore, when they were come hyther, without any delay, on the morowe I sate to geue iudgement, and commaunded the man to be brought foorth.

  • Acts 24:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6And hath gone about to pollute the temple: Whom we toke, and woulde haue iudged accordyng to our lawe.

    7But the hye captayne Lysias, came vpon vs, and with great violence toke hym away out of our handes,

    8Commaundyng his accusers to come vnto thee: Of whom thou mayest, yf thou wilt enquire, knowe the certayntie of all these thynges, wherof we accuse hym.

  • 31And as they went about to kyll hym, tydynges came vnto the hye captaine of the souldiers, that all Hierusalem was in an vprore.

  • Acts 25:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Let them therfore, sayde he, which among you are able, come downe with vs, and accuse hym, yf there be any fault in this man.

    6And when he had taryed among them more then ten dayes, he went downe vnto Cesarea, & the next day sate downe in the iudgement seate, and commaunded Paul to be brought.

  • 17And it came to passe, that after three dayes Paul called ye chiefe of the Iewes together. And whe they were come, he sayde vnto them: Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people, or lawes of the fathers, yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem, into the handes of the Romanes.

  • 40For we are in ieopardie to be accused of this dayes vprore, forasmuch as there is no cause, wherby we may geue a reckenyng of this concourse of people.

  • Acts 9:23-24
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    72%

    23And after that many dayes were fulfilled, the Iewes toke counsell together to kyll hym.

    24But their laying awayte was knowen of Saule. And they watched ye gates day and nyght to kyll hym.

  • 24The chiefe captaine comaunded hym to be brought into the castle, & bade that he shoulde be scourged, and examined, that he myght knowe wherefore they cryed so on hym.

  • 14And yf this come to the deputies eares we wyll perswade hym, and saue you harmelesse.

  • 23And on the morowe, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pompe, and were entred into the counsell house, with the chiefe captaynes, and chiefe men of the citie, at Festus commaundement was Paul brought foorth.

  • 27And when they had brought them, they set them before the counsell. And the chiefe priest asked them,

  • 27And when the seuen dayes were almost ended, the Iewes which were of Asia, when they sawe hym in the temple, moued al the people, & layde handes on hym,

  • 23And he commaunded an vnder captayne to kepe Paul, and to let hym haue rest, and that he shoulde forbyd none of his acquayntaunce to minister vnto hym, or to come vnto hym.

  • 4And helde a councell, that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kyll hym.

  • 33Then the chiefe captaine came neare, & toke hym, and comaunded hym to be bounde with two chaynes, & demaunded who he was, & what he had done.

  • 13Then Paule aunswered: What do ye weepyng and vexyng myne heart? For I am redy, not to be bounde only, but also to dye at Hierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu.

  • 1And after fyue dayes, Ananias the hie priest descended, with the elders, and with a certayne oratour, named Tartullus, which appeared before the deputie agaynst Paul.

  • 12And they moued the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came vppon hym, and caught him, and brought him to the counsell.

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    19Which ought to be here present before thee, & accuse me, yf they had ought agaynst me:

    20Or els let these same here say, yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me, whyle I stande here in the counsell:

  • 37Then sayde Paul vnto them: They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned, beyng Romanes, and haue cast vs into pryson: and nowe woulde they thrust vs out priuily? Nay veryly, but let them come them selues, and fet vs out.