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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.

KJV

αἰτούμενοι χάριν κατ’ αὐτοῦ ὅπως μεταπέμψηται αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐνέδραν ποιοῦντες ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν.

Greek NT

postulantes gratiam adversus eum, ut juberet perduci eum in Jerusalem, insidias tendentes ut interficerent eum in via.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Requesting favour against him, that he would command him to be brought to Jerusalem, laying wait to kill him in the way.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μεταπέμπω
metapempo
verb · 9×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀναιρέω
anaireo
verb · 24×
ἐνέδρα
enedra
noun · 2×
Ἱερουσαλήμ
ierousalem
noun · 79×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὅπως
opos
adverb · 53×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:26 — In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, i
  • Acts 9:24 — But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
  • Acts 9:24 — But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
  • Acts 20:3 — And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
  • Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Acts 23:21 — But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: an
  • Hos 6:8 — Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
  • Prov 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • Ps 35:20 — For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 64:2 — Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
  • Ps 119:95 — The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.