Acts 25:2

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Then the high priest and the leaders of the Jews informed him against Paul and pleaded with him,

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  • Acts 25:15 : 15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.
  • Acts 24:1 : 1 And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
  • Rom 3:12-19 : 12 'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.' 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.' 14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.' 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:' 16 'Destruction and misery are in their ways:' 17 'And the way of peace they have not known:' 18 'There is no fear of God before their eyes.' 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 If the men of my tent have not said, 'Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.'
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

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  • Acts 25:14-15
    2 verses
    86%

    14And when they had been there many days, Festus disclosed Paul's case to the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,

    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.

  • Acts 25:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3requesting a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

    4But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would shortly go there.

  • Acts 23:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went aside privately and asked him, What is it you have to tell me?

    20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as though they would inquire somewhat more accurately about him.

    21But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.

  • Acts 22:30
    77%

    30On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 24:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

    2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and many worthy deeds are done for this nation by your providence,

  • Acts 23:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14They came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

    15Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.

  • Acts 28:17
    75%

    17After three days, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they had come together, he said to them, Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

  • Acts 25:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6And when he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

    7And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many serious charges against Paul, which they could not prove.

  • Acts 23:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30And when it was disclosed to me that a plot was about to be executed against the man, I sent him immediately to you, having also commanded his accusers to state their case before you. Farewell.

    31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 5:27
    74%

    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the high priest asked them,

  • Matt 26:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

    4And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, and kill him.

  • Acts 25:9
    74%

    9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged regarding these things before me?

  • Acts 6:12
    73%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Matt 26:59
    72%

    59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;

  • Acts 21:31
    72%

    31And as they went about to kill him, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

  • Acts 25:23
    72%

    23So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and had entered into the audience hall with the chief captains and prominent men of the city, at Festus' command, Paul was brought in.

  • Matt 27:20
    72%

    20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

  • Acts 25:1
    71%

    1Now when Festus had come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 25:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17Therefore, when they had come here, without any delay, I sat on the judgment seat the next day, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

    18When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him of such things as I supposed:

  • Acts 26:30
    71%

    30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them:

  • Acts 23:28
    71%

    28And when I wanted to know the charges for which they accused him, I brought him before their council.

  • Acts 21:27
    71%

    27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

  • Acts 22:24
    71%

    24The chief captain ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and directed that he be examined by scourging, to find out why they shouted so against him.

  • Acts 23:4
    71%

    4And those who stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?

  • Acts 24:7
    71%

    7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great force took him away out of our hands,

  • Luke 22:2
    71%

    2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

  • Matt 26:57
    71%

    57And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

  • Acts 24:9
    71%

    9And the Jews also agreed, saying that these things were true.

  • Acts 24:27
    71%

    27But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to grant a favor to the Jews, left Paul bound.

  • Acts 21:12
    71%

    12And when we heard these things, both we and those of that place pleaded with him not to go to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 22:66
    71%

    66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

  • Acts 18:12
    71%

    12And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

  • Mark 15:11
    71%

    11But the chief priests stirred up the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

  • Mark 15:1
    71%

    1And immediately in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

  • Luke 23:10
    70%

    10And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.

  • Acts 26:12
    70%

    12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

  • Matt 27:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

    2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Acts 19:31
    70%

    31And certain chiefs of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him, urging him not to adventure himself into the theater.

  • Acts 23:10
    70%

    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing that Paul might be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.