Acts 25:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 25:15 : 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.
  • Acts 24:1 : 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.
  • Rom 3:12-19 : 12 All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.” 13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.” 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, 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, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 if the members of my household have never said,‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 25:14-15
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    86%

    14While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion, saying,“There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

    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 25:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

    4Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

  • Acts 23:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”

    20He 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.

    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.”

  • Acts 22:30
    77%

    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 24:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The 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.

    2When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,“We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight.

  • Acts 23:14-15
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    76%

    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.”

  • Acts 28:17
    75%

    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.

  • Acts 25:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Acts 23:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Acts 5:27
    74%

    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • Matt 26:3-4
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    74%

    3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

    4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • Acts 25:9
    74%

    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?”

  • Acts 6:12
    73%

    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Matt 26:59
    72%

    59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

  • Acts 21:31
    72%

    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.

  • Acts 25:23
    72%

    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.

  • Matt 27:20
    72%

    20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

  • Acts 25:1
    71%

    1Paul Appeals to Caesar Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

  • Acts 25:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    18When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

  • Acts 26:30
    71%

    30So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

  • Acts 23:28
    71%

    28Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

  • Acts 21:27
    71%

    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,

  • Acts 22:24
    71%

    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.

  • Acts 23:4
    71%

    4Those standing near him said,“Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”

  • Luke 22:2
    71%

    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • Matt 26:57
    71%

    57Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

  • Acts 24:9
    71%

    9The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

  • Acts 24:27
    71%

    27After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

  • Acts 21:12
    71%

    12When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 22:66
    71%

    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

  • Acts 18:12
    71%

    12Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

  • Mark 15:11
    71%

    11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.

  • Mark 15:1
    71%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • Luke 23:10
    70%

    10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

  • Acts 26:12
    70%

    12“While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

  • Matt 27:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • Acts 19:31
    70%

    31Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

  • Acts 23:10
    70%

    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.