Acts 25:3

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Summary

Acts 25:3

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

Desired

Luke 23:8

Laying

Bible References

Desired

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

Then the officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is

discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm.”

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom.”

Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some sign performed by Him.

Laying

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

“So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;

Preserve me from violent men

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.