Acts 25:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.”

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BSBPD

“While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for sentence against him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 25:15 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Esther 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.”
  2. Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
  3. Luke 23:23But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
  4. 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.
  5. Acts 25:1Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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