Acts 25:3 Cross References

Acts 25:3

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

Those who are evil spy on the godly, waiting for an excuse to kill them.
But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are brought before the judge.

Protect me from the plots of the wicked, from the scheming of those who do evil.
Sharp tongues are the swords they wield; bitter words are the arrows they aim.
They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps. "Who will ever notice?" they ask.
As they plot their crimes, they say, "We have devised the perfect plan!" Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.

"I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the followers of Jesus of Nazareth.
Authorized by the leading priests, I caused many of the believers in Jerusalem to be sent to prison. And I cast my vote against them when they were condemned to death.
Many times I had them whipped in the synagogues to try to get them to curse Christ. I was so violently opposed to them that I even hounded them in distant cities of foreign lands.

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath to neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
There were more than forty of them.
They went to the leading priests and other leaders and told them what they had done. "We have bound ourselves under oath to neither eat nor drink until we have killed Paul.
You and the high council should tell the commander to bring Paul back to the council again," they requested. "Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way."

He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them--both men and women--back to Jerusalem in chains.

But Saul was told about their plot, and that they were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him.

But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. "We know where David is hiding," they said. "He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!"
"The LORD bless you," Saul said. "At last someone is concerned about me!

Then the people said, "Come on, let's find a way to stop Jeremiah. We have our own priests and wise men and prophets. We don't need him to teach the law and give us advice and prophecies. Let's spread rumors about him and ignore what he says."

If you follow that kind of thinking, however, you might as well say that the more we sin the better it is! Those who say such things deserve to be condemned, yet some slander me by saying this is what I preach!

So these officials went to the king and said, "Sir, this man must die! That kind of talk will undermine the morale of the few fighting men we have left, as well as that of all the people, too. This man is a traitor!"

O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Preserve me from those who are violent,
those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.
Their tongues sting like a snake; the poison of a viper drips from their lips.
O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me.
The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way.

Then he promised, "I will give you whatever you ask, up to half of my kingdom!"
She went out and asked her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother told her, "Ask for John the Baptist's head!"
So the girl hurried back to the king and told him, "I want the head of John the Baptist, right now, on a tray!"

Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle.
He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
Now Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Then they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.

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