Acts 23:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

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  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death. 33 Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts `are' thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction `are' in their highways.
  • Acts 22:30-23:1 : 30 and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set `him' before them. 1 And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
  • Rom 3:14-16 : 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. 15 Swift `are' their feet to shed blood. 16 Ruin and misery `are' in their ways.
  • Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause, 12 We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down `to' the pit,
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 87%

    16 And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

    17 and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.'

    18 He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked `me' this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.'

    19 And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?'

    20 and he said -- `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

    21 thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.'

    22 The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged `him' to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;'

    23 and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;

    24 beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'

  • 83%

    10 and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring `him' to the castle.

    11 And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'

    12 And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

    13 and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

    14 who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves -- to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

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    29 Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who are about to examine him, and the chief captain also was afraid, having learned that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him,

    30 and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set `him' before them.

  • Acts 25:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him `the things' against Paul, and were calling on him,

    3 asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

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    27 This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them -- having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

    28 and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

    29 whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

    30 and a plot having been intimated to me against this man -- about to be of the Jews -- at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.'

    31 Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,

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    15 about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

    16 unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against `him'.

    17 `They, therefore, having come together -- I, making no delay, on the succeeding `day' having sat upon the tribunal, did command the man to be brought,

  • Acts 24:6-8
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    76%

    6 who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,

    7 and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

    8 having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;'

  • 31 and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

  • Acts 25:5-6
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    74%

    5 `Therefore those able among you -- saith he -- having come down together, if there be anything in this man -- let them accuse him;'

    6 and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat upon the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought;

  • 17 And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;

  • 40 for we are also in peril of being accused of insurrection in regard to this day, there being no occasion by which we shall be able to give an account of this concourse;'

  • Acts 9:23-24
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    72%

    23 And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,

    24 and their counsel against `him' was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

  • 24 the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, `By scourges let him be examined;' that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.

  • 14 and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.'

  • 23 on the morrow, therefore -- on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains also, and the principal men of the city, and Festus having ordered -- Paul was brought forth.

  • 27 and having brought them, they set `them' in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,

  • 27 And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,

  • 23 having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let `him' also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

  • 4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill `him',

  • 33 Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded `him' to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

  • 13 and Paul answered, `What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

  • 1 And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator -- Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor `the things' against Paul;

  • 12 They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon `him', they caught him, and brought `him' to the sanhedrim;

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    19 whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me,

    20 or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

  • 37 and Paul said to them, `Having beaten us publicly uncondemned -- men, Romans being -- they did cast `us' to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'