15 Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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15 Now then, you and the Sanhedrin(A) petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.”

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(A)Their feet run to evil,
    and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
    desolation and destruction are in their highways.

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Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(A)
They pursue evil schemes;(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(C)

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32 The wicked (A)watches for the righteous
    and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not (B)abandon him to his power
    or let him (C)be condemned when he is brought to trial.

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32 The wicked lie in wait(A) for the righteous,(B)
    intent on putting them to death;
33 but the Lord will not leave them in the power of the wicked
    or let them be condemned(C) when brought to trial.(D)

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14     (A)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 (B)“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16     in their paths are ruin and misery,

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14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[a](A)
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16     ruin and misery mark their ways,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)

asking as a favor against Paul[a] that he summon him to Jerusalem—because (A)they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 25:3 Greek him

They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.(A)

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Paul Before the Council

30 But on the next day, (A)desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.

23 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, (B)I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.”

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.(A) So the next day he released him(B) and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin(C) to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.

23 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin(D) and said, “My brothers,(E) I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience(F) to this day.”

16 For they (A)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

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16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(A)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

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16 for (A)their feet run to evil,
    and they make haste to shed blood.

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16 for their feet rush into evil,(A)
    they are swift to shed blood.(B)

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11 If they say, “Come with us, (A)let us lie in wait for blood;
    (B)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us (C)swallow them alive,
    and whole, like (D)those who go down to the pit;

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11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait(A) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 let’s swallow(B) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;(C)

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11 Though they plan evil against you,
    though they (A)devise mischief, they will not succeed.

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11 Though they plot evil(A) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,(B) they cannot succeed.

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