Acts 23:15
So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”
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- Ps 37:32-33 : 32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them. 33 But the LORD does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.
- Isa 59:7 : 7 They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.
- Acts 22:30-23:1 : 30 Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them. 1 Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”
- Acts 25:3 : 3 Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Rom 3:14-16 : 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood, 16 ruin and misery are in their paths,
- Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
- Prov 1:16 : 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.
- Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
- Ps 21:11 : 11 Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
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- Acts 23:16-249 verses87%
16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.
17 Paul called one of the centurions and said,“Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.”
18 So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”
19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”
20 He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.
21 So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.”
22 Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
23 Then he summoned two of the centurions and said,“Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o’clock tonight,
24 and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”
- Acts 23:10-145 verses83%
10 When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.
14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.
- Acts 22:29-302 verses80%
29 Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.
30 Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
- Acts 25:2-32 verses78%
2 So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.
3 Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Acts 23:27-315 verses77%
27 This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.
28 Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
29 I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
30 When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.
31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.
- Acts 25:15-173 verses77%
15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.
17 So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.
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6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
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31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
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8 When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”
- Acts 25:5-62 verses74%
5 “So,” he said,“let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him.”
6 After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.
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17 Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.
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40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
- Acts 9:23-242 verses72%
23 Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
24 but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.
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24 the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.
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14 If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
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23 Paul Before King Agrippa and Bernice So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall, along with the senior military officers and the prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.
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27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
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27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
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23 He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.
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4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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33 Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.
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13 Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
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1 The Accusations Against Paul After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.
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12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
- Acts 24:19-202 verses71%
19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
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37 But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”