Devine Scripture

Acts 23:15

Acts chapter 23 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

Context

v.14And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

v.15This passage

v.16But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 3:14

    Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

  • Proverbs 1:11

    If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  • Proverbs 1:16

    For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Psalms 21:11

    For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

  • Isaiah 59:7

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

  • Acts 25:3

    asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.