While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
Parallel translations
- WEB about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.
- KJV About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
- NKJV about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for a judgment against him.
- NASB and when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
- NLT When I was in Jerusalem, the leading priests and Jewish elders pressed charges against him and asked me to condemn him.
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Quick answer
Festus recounts how the chief priests and elders in Jerusalem demanded a sentence against Paul. He explains the pressure he faced from the Jewish leadership.
Overview
Festus describes the leaders' demand not merely for a trial but for a condemnation, revealing their determination to see Paul destroyed. His account shows how the prosecution sought a verdict before due process. The narrative continues to expose the injustice arrayed against Paul and the integrity of Roman procedure that, for now, restrains it.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Luke 23:23But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
- Luke 18:3–5And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
- Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Esth 3:9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
- Acts 25:1–3Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
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