Acts 25:15 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 25:15

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

BSB

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ASV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Desiring to have judgment against him - Instead of δικην, judgment, καταδικην, condemnation, sentence of death, is the reading of ABC, and several others, which is probably genuine. This is evidently the meaning of the place, whichever reading we prefer. Nothing could satisfy these men but the death of the apostle. It was not justice they wanted, but his destruction.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) He found him a prisoner when he came into the government of this province; and therefore could not of his own knowledge give an account of his cause from the beginning: There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix; and therefore, if there were any thing amiss in the first taking of him into custody, Festus is not to answer for that, for he found him in bonds.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
οὗ	hou	whom	G3739 →
γενομένου	genomenou	having been	G1096 →
μου	mou	of me	G3165 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
Ἱεροσόλυμα	Hi'erosoluma	Jerusalem	G2414 →
ἐνεφάνισαν	enephanisan	made a presentation	G1718 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερεῖς	archiereis	chief priests	G749 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
πρεσβύτεροι	presbuteroi	elders	G4245 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίων	Ioudaiōn	Jews	G2453 →
αἰτούμενοι	aitoumenoi	asking	G154 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	against	G2596 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	him	G846 →
καταδίκην·	katadikēn	penalty;

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 23:23
But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
leads to
- Zechariah 11:8
  And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- Psalms 57:4
  My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Luke 23:5
  But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
Through
Acts 24:1
Five 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.
leads to
- Acts 24:11
  You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
- Acts 23:2
  At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
- Acts 23:30
  When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- Acts 23:24
  Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”
- Acts 25:2
  where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts