Acts 25:3
King James Version (KJV)
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
In context
1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.
2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
Acts 25:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
- WEB World English Bible
- asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- ASV American Standard Version
- asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
- DBY Darby Translation
- asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.