A moment in scripture
Acts 25:3
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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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The surrounding passage
- Acts 25:1
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.
- Acts 25:2
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
- Acts 25:4
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
- Acts 25:5
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.