Acts 23:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.””
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“Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 23:15 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 13:5Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
- Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
- Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
- Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Acts 22:30The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
- Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Romans 3:14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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