Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
- BSB where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
- NKJV Then the high priest and the chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they petitioned him,
- NASB And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and they were pleading with Festus,
- NLT where the leading priests and other Jewish leaders met with him and made their accusations against Paul.
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Quick answer
The high priest and leading Jews bring their charges against Paul to Festus and urge action. They press the new governor to take up the case against Paul.
Overview
Even after two years the Jewish leaders remain intent on destroying Paul, immediately petitioning Festus. Their persistence reveals how deeply the gospel threatened the established religious order. The renewed hostility shows the cost of faithful witness and the continuing enmity Paul faced for proclaiming the risen Christ.
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Cross-references · 5
- Acts 25:15About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
- Prov 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Acts 24:1And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
- Rom 3:12–19They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- Job 31:31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
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