Acts 23:20
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.
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- Acts 23:14-15 : 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. 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.”
- Ps 12:2 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
- Dan 6:5-9 : 5 So these men concluded,“We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God.” 6 So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him,“O King Darius, live forever! 7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions. 8 Now let the king issue a written interdict so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.” 9 So King Darius issued the written interdict. 10 When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously. 11 Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God. 12 So they approached the king and said to him,“Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?” The king replied,“That is correct, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.”
- Acts 23:1 : 1 Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”
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- Acts 23:12-198 verses87%
12The 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.
13There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.
14They 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.
15So 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.”
16But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.
17Paul called one of the centurions and said,“Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.”
18So 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.”
19The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”
- Acts 23:21-244 verses82%
21So 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.”
22Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
23Then 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,
24and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”
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30Paul 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%
2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.
3Requesting 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.
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15When 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.
- Acts 23:28-325 verses76%
28Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
30When 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.
31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.
32The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks.
- Acts 25:5-73 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.”
6After 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.
7When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.
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17Paul 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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10When 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.
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17So 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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20Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
- Acts 25:22-232 verses73%
22Agrippa said to Festus,“I would also like to hear the man myself.”“Tomorrow,” he replied,“you will hear him.”
23Paul 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.
- Acts 24:8-92 verses72%
8When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”
9The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.
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27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
- Acts 24:19-202 verses72%
19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
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9But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul,“Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?”
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22Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying,“When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.”
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27When 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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24the 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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20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
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12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
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31While 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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37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer,“May I say something to you?” The officer replied,“Do you know Greek?
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22What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.
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23Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
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40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
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22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
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6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
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66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council