Acts.25.3

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Acts.25.3

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

Acts.25.3

They asked Festus if he wouldn't please do them a favor by sending Paul to Jerusalem to respond to their charges. A lie, of course--they had revived their old plot to set an ambush and kill him along the way.

Acts.25.3

They urgently 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.

Acts.25.3

asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem--while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

Acts.25.3

They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem. (Their plan was to waylay and kill him.)