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Acts 25:3

to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

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ASV

asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

KJV

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
αἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiaskingG154 →
χάρινcharina favorG5485 →
κατ᾽kat᾽againstG2596 →
αὐτοῦ,autouhim,G846 →
ὅπωςhopōsthatG3704 →
μεταπέμψηταιmetapempsētaihe may summonG3343 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmJerusalem,G2419 →
ἐνέδρανenedranan ambushG1747 →
ποιοῦντεςpoiountesformingG4160 →
ἀνελεῖνaneleinto executeG337 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
κατὰkataonG2596 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
ὁδόν.¶hodonway.G3598 →

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Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Psalms 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,Acts 20:3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.2 Corinthians 11:26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,Psalms 119:95The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.Acts 23:12–15When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.Acts 23:21Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”Hosea 6:8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.Mark 6:23–25And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”Psalms 64:2–6Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,Acts 26:9–11So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.1 Samuel 23:19–21Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?Psalms 37:32–33Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,Psalms 140:1–5Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

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