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Acts 25:3
And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Acts 25:3 · Webster Bible
Acts 25:3 in other translations
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.
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In context
1 Now when Festus had come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.
2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
3 And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly [thither].
5 Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go down with [me], and accuse this man, if there is any wickedness in him.
6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down to Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
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