"Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him," — Acts 25:2

Acts 25:2 · KJV

“Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,”

— Acts 25:2

Verse 1

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Verse 3

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

Acts 25 — Context

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

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

But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly {thither}.

Cross References

Acts 25:15

About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed {me}, desiring {to have} judgment against him.

Acts 24:1

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and {with} a certain orator {named} Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

Romans 3:12-19

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

Job 31:31

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.