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

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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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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)

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

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

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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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