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Acts 25:15
Acts 25:15 is verse 15 of Acts chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
King James Version
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
World English Bible
about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.
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Acts 25:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
14 Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
15 While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
16 I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
17 So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 25:1Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
Acts 25:2where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
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.
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.”
Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
Luke 18:5yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
Luke 23:23But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.