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- Amplified Bible - “But be on your guard; they will turn you over to courts, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand [as accused] before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
- 新标点和合本 - 但你们要谨慎;因为人要把你们交给公会,并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打,又为我的缘故站在诸侯与君王面前,对他们作见证。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 但你们自己要谨慎;因为有人要把你们交给议会,并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打,又为我的缘故站在统治者和君王面前,对他们作见证。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 但你们自己要谨慎;因为有人要把你们交给议会,并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打,又为我的缘故站在统治者和君王面前,对他们作见证。
- 当代译本 - “你们要小心谨慎,因为你们将被送上法庭,并在会堂里被鞭打,又将为了我的缘故在官长和君王面前做见证。
- 圣经新译本 - 但你们要小心!因为人要把你们交给公议会,你们要在会堂里被鞭打,又要为我的缘故站在总督和君王面前,向他们作见证。
- 中文标准译本 - “你们自己要当心。他们将要把你们送交议会;你们会在会堂里受鞭打。为我的缘故,你们将站在总督和君王面前,好对他们做见证。
- 现代标点和合本 - “但你们要谨慎,因为人要把你们交给公会,并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打,又为我的缘故站在诸侯与君王面前,对他们作见证。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 但你们要谨慎,因为人要把你们交给公会,并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打,又为我的缘故站在诸侯与君王面前,对他们作见证。
- New International Version - “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- New International Reader's Version - “Watch out! You will be handed over to the local courts. You will be whipped in the synagogues. You will stand in front of governors and kings because of me. In that way you will be witnesses to them.
- English Standard Version - “But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.
- New Living Translation - “When these things begin to happen, watch out! You will be handed over to the local councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
- The Message - “And watch out! They’re going to drag you into court. And then it will go from bad to worse, dog-eat-dog, everyone at your throat because you carry my name. You’re placed there as sentinels to truth. The Message has to be preached all across the world.
- Christian Standard Bible - “But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.
- New American Standard Bible - “But be on your guard; for they will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
- New King James Version - “But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.
- American Standard Version - But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
- King James Version - But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
- New English Translation - “You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.
- World English Bible - But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
- 新標點和合本 - 但你們要謹慎;因為人要把你們交給公會,並且你們在會堂裏要受鞭打,又為我的緣故站在諸侯與君王面前,對他們作見證。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 但你們自己要謹慎;因為有人要把你們交給議會,並且你們在會堂裏要受鞭打,又為我的緣故站在統治者和君王面前,對他們作見證。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 但你們自己要謹慎;因為有人要把你們交給議會,並且你們在會堂裏要受鞭打,又為我的緣故站在統治者和君王面前,對他們作見證。
- 當代譯本 - 「你們要小心謹慎,因為你們將被送上法庭,並在會堂裡被鞭打,又將為了我的緣故在官長和君王面前作見證。
- 聖經新譯本 - 但你們要小心!因為人要把你們交給公議會,你們要在會堂裡被鞭打,又要為我的緣故站在總督和君王面前,向他們作見證。
- 呂振中譯本 - 『但是你們、要自己謹慎;因為人必把你們送交議會,你們必在會堂裏受打;你們必為我的緣故站在統治官和君王面前,對他們作見證。
- 中文標準譯本 - 「你們自己要當心。他們將要把你們送交議會;你們會在會堂裡受鞭打。為我的緣故,你們將站在總督和君王面前,好對他們做見證。
- 現代標點和合本 - 「但你們要謹慎,因為人要把你們交給公會,並且你們在會堂裡要受鞭打,又為我的緣故站在諸侯與君王面前,對他們作見證。
- 文理和合譯本 - 爾宜自慎、人將付爾於公會、撻爾於會堂、且為我故、將立於侯王前而為之證、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 故當自謹、蓋為我故、人將解爾至公會、扑爾於會堂、立爾於侯王前以為證、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾當自慎、蓋人將解爾於公會、撲爾於會堂、且為我故、爾將被解至侯王前、以為之證、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾當戒慎、爾將因予之故、被人執交公會、撻於會堂、解至王侯之前、以證吾道。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »Pero ustedes cuídense. Los entregarán a los tribunales y los azotarán en las sinagogas. Por mi causa comparecerán ante gobernadores y reyes para dar testimonio ante ellos.
- 현대인의 성경 - “주의하여라. 너희는 법정에 넘겨지고 회당에서 매맞을 것이다. 그리고 나 때문에 너희가 총독들과 왕들 앞에 끌려갈 것이나 오히려 이것이 그들에게 나를 증거하는 기회가 될 것이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Будьте бдительны! Вас будут отдавать под суд и избивать в синагогах. Из-за Меня вы будете стоять перед правителями и царями и свидетельствовать им.
- Восточный перевод - Будьте бдительны! Вас будут отдавать под суд и избивать в иудейских молитвенных домах. Из-за Меня вы будете стоять перед правителями и царями и свидетельствовать им.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Будьте бдительны! Вас будут отдавать под суд и избивать в иудейских молитвенных домах. Из-за Меня вы будете стоять перед правителями и царями и свидетельствовать им.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Будьте бдительны! Вас будут отдавать под суд и избивать в иудейских молитвенных домах. Из-за Меня вы будете стоять перед правителями и царями и свидетельствовать им.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Quant à vous, faites attention à vous-mêmes : on vous traduira devant les tribunaux des Juifs, on vous fouettera dans les synagogues, vous comparaîtrez devant des gouverneurs et des rois à cause de moi, pour leur apporter un témoignage.
- リビングバイブル - しかし、これらのことが起こり始めたら、よく警戒しなさい。非常な危険が迫っているからです。あなたがたは法廷に引き出され、会堂でむち打ちの刑を受け、また、わたしに従う者だというだけで、総督や王たちの前で訴えられるでしょう。しかしその時こそ、神をあかしするチャンスです。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Βλέπετε δὲ ὑμεῖς ἑαυτούς· παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια καὶ εἰς συναγωγὰς δαρήσεσθε καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ βασιλέων σταθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - βλέπετε δὲ ὑμεῖς ἑαυτούς; παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια καὶ εἰς συναγωγὰς δαρήσεσθε, καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ βασιλέων σταθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Fiquem atentos, pois vocês serão entregues aos tribunais e serão açoitados nas sinagogas. Por minha causa vocês serão levados à presença de governadores e reis, como testemunho a eles.
- Hoffnung für alle - »Macht euch darauf gefasst, dass man euch vor die Gerichte zerren und in den Synagogen auspeitschen wird. Nur weil ihr zu mir gehört, werdet ihr vor Machthabern und Königen verhört werden. Dort werdet ihr meine Botschaft bezeugen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Phải đề phòng! Người ta sẽ bắt giải các con ra tòa, đánh đập các con giữa hội đường. Vì Ta, các con sẽ bị xét xử trước mặt các vua và các tổng trấn. Đó là cơ hội để các con nói về Ta cho họ.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ท่านต้องเฝ้าระวัง ท่านจะถูกคุมตัวไปยังที่ว่าการในท้องที่และถูกโบยตีในธรรมศาลา ท่านต้องไปยืนอยู่ต่อหน้าผู้ว่าการและกษัตริย์แล้วเป็นพยานแก่พวกเขาเพื่อเรา
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่จงระวังให้ดี เพราะว่าพวกเขาจะมอบตัวเจ้าไปให้ตามศาลต่างๆ แล้วเจ้าจะถูกโบยตีตามศาลาที่ประชุม และเจ้าจะยืนต่อหน้าเหล่าผู้ว่าราชการและบรรดากษัตริย์ก็เพราะเรา ครั้นแล้วเจ้าจะได้เป็นพยานแก่พวกเขา
交叉引用
- 2 Thessalonians 1:5 - This is a positive proof of the righteous judgment of God [a sign of His fair verdict], so that you will be considered worthy of His kingdom, for which indeed you are suffering.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9 - For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.
- 1 Corinthians 4:10 - We are [regarded as] fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are highly esteemed, but we are dishonored.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11 - To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.
- 1 Corinthians 4:12 - We work [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When we are reviled and verbally abused, we bless. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure.
- 1 Corinthians 4:13 - When we are slandered, we try to be conciliatory and answer softly. We have become like the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.
- Revelation 2:10 - Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. Be aware that the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested [in your faith], and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful to the point of death [if you must die for your faith], and I will give you the crown [consisting] of life.
- Acts 21:31 - Now while they were trying to kill him, word came to the commander of the [Roman] garrison that all Jerusalem was in a state of upheaval.
- Acts 21:32 - So he immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down among them. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
- Acts 21:33 - Then the commander came up and arrested Paul, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
- Acts 21:34 - But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and others something else; and since he could not determine the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken to the barracks [in the tower of Antonia].
- Acts 21:35 - When Paul got to the steps, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;
- Acts 21:36 - for the majority of the people kept following them, shouting, “Away with him! [Kill him!]”
- Acts 21:37 - Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” And the man replied, “Do you know Greek?
- Acts 21:38 - Then you are not [as I assumed] the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led those 4,000 men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”
- Acts 21:39 - Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia (Mersin Province, Turkey), a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”
- Acts 21:40 - When the commander had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, gestured with his hand to the people; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic), saying,
- Acts 21:11 - And coming to [see] us, he took Paul’s [wide] band (belt, sash) and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this same way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this band, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles (pagans).’ ”
- Mark 1:44 - saying to him, “See that you tell no one anything [about this]; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as proof to them [that you are really healed].”
- Acts 6:11 - Then [to attack him another way] they secretly instructed men to say, “We have heard this man [Stephen] speak blasphemous (slanderous, sacrilegious, abusive) words against Moses and against God.”
- Acts 6:12 - And they provoked and incited the people, as well as the elders and the scribes, and they came up to Stephen and seized him and brought him before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court).
- Acts 6:13 - They presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law [of Moses];
- Acts 6:14 - for we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will tear down this place and will change the traditions and customs which Moses handed down to us.”
- Acts 6:15 - Then all those who were sitting in the Council, stared [intently] at him, and they saw that Stephen’s face was like the face of an angel.
- Acts 9:1 - Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord [and relentless in his search for believers], went to the high priest,
- Acts 9:2 - and he asked for letters [of authority] from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any men or women there belonging to the Way [believers, followers of Jesus the Messiah], men and women alike, he could arrest them and bring them bound [with chains] to Jerusalem.
- Matthew 23:34 - “Therefore, take notice, I am sending you prophets and wise men [interpreters, teachers] and scribes [men educated in the Mosaic Law and the writings of the prophets]; some of them you will kill and even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues, and pursue and persecute from city to city,
- Matthew 23:35 - so that on you will come the guilt of all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah [the priest], the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 23:36 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, [the judgment for] all these things [these vile and murderous deeds] will come on this generation.
- Matthew 23:37 - “ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
- Mark 6:11 - Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message].”
- Acts 22:19 - And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know [without any doubt] that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You [and Your message of salvation].
- Acts 22:20 - And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby approving and consenting [to his death], and guarding the coats of those who were killing him.’
- Acts 9:13 - But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, especially how much suffering and evil he has brought on Your saints (God’s people) at Jerusalem;
- Acts 9:14 - and here [in Damascus] he has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on Your name [confessing You as Savior].”
- Acts 23:1 - Then Paul, looking intently at the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), said, “Kinsmen, I have lived my life before God with a perfectly good conscience until this very day.”
- Acts 23:2 - [At this] the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood beside him to strike Paul on the mouth.
- Philippians 1:29 - For you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ’s sake, not only to believe and confidently trust in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
- Revelation 2:13 - ‘I know where you dwell, [a place] where Satan sits enthroned. Yet you are holding fast to My name, and you did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) among you, where Satan dwells.
- Acts 4:1 - And while Peter and John were talking to the people, the priests and the captain [who was in charge of the temple area and] of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- Acts 4:2 - being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
- Acts 4:3 - So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, because it was evening.
- Acts 4:4 - But many of those who heard the message [of salvation] believed [in Jesus and accepted Him as the Christ]. And the number of the men came to be about 5,000.
- Acts 4:5 - On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;
- Acts 4:6 - and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent.
- Acts 4:7 - When they had put the men in front of them, they repeatedly asked, “By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?”
- Acts 4:8 - Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court],
- Acts 4:9 - if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,
- Acts 4:10 - let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health.
- Acts 4:11 - This Jesus is the stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief Cornerstone.
- Acts 4:12 - And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation].”
- Acts 4:13 - Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus.
- Acts 4:14 - And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
- Acts 4:15 - But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,
- Acts 4:16 - saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that an extraordinary miracle has taken place through them is public knowledge and clearly evident to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
- Acts 4:17 - But to keep it from spreading further among the people and the nation, let us [sternly] warn them not to speak again to anyone in this name.”
- Acts 4:18 - So they sent for them, and commanded them not to speak [as His representatives] or teach at all in the name of Jesus [using Him as their authority].
- Acts 4:19 - But Peter and John replied to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must judge [for yourselves];
- Acts 4:20 - for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 4:21 - When the rulers and Council members had threatened them further, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because [of their fear] of the people, for they were all praising and glorifying and honoring God for what had happened;
- Revelation 1:9 - I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, [exiled there] because of [my preaching of] the word of God [regarding eternal salvation] and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- Luke 9:5 - And as for all those who do not welcome you, when you leave that city, shake the dust off your feet [breaking all ties with them] as a testimony against them [that they rejected My message].”
- John 15:20 - Remember [and continue to remember] that I told you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
- Luke 21:16 - But you will be betrayed and handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,
- Luke 21:17 - and you will be continually hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name.
- Luke 21:18 - But not a hair of your head will perish.
- Acts 16:20 - and when they had brought them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, who are Jews, are throwing our city into confusion and causing trouble.
- Acts 16:21 - They are publicly teaching customs which are unlawful for us, as Romans, to accept or observe.”
- Acts 16:22 - The crowd also joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and ordered that Paul and Silas be beaten with rods.
- Acts 16:23 - After striking them many times [with the rods], they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely.
- Acts 16:24 - He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].
- Matthew 24:9 - “Then they will hand you over to [endure] tribulation, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- Matthew 24:10 - At that time many will be offended and repelled [by their association with Me] and will fall away [from the One whom they should trust] and will betray one another [handing over believers to their persecutors] and will hate one another.
- Acts 24:1 - Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their [formal] charges against Paul.
- Acts 24:2 - After Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began the complaint [against him], saying to the governor: “Since through you we have attained great peace, and since by your foresight reforms are being carried out for this nation,
- Acts 24:3 - in every way and in every place, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.
- Acts 24:4 - But so that I do not weary you further, I beg you to grant us, by your kindness, a brief hearing.
- Acts 24:5 - For we have found this man to be a public menace and one who instigates dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the [heretical] sect of the Nazarenes.
- Acts 24:6 - He even tried to desecrate the temple, but we took him into custody [and we intended to judge him by our Law,
- Acts 24:7 - but Lysias the commander came, and with great force took him out of our hands,
- Acts 24:8 - and ordered his accusers to come before you.] By interrogating him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to determine [the truth about] these things with which we charge him.”
- Acts 24:9 - The Jews also joined in the attack, declaring and insisting that these things were so.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23 - Are they [self-proclaimed] servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if I were out of my mind—I am more so [for I exceed them]; with far more labors, with far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, and often in danger of death.
- 2 Corinthians 11:24 - Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25 - Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift on the sea;
- 2 Corinthians 11:26 - many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27 - in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing].
- Acts 12:1 - Now at that time Herod [Agrippa I] the king [of the Jews] arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to harm them.
- Acts 12:2 - And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword;
- Acts 12:3 - and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to have Peter arrested as well. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week].
- Revelation 6:9 - When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained [out of loyalty to Christ].
- Revelation 6:10 - They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?”
- Revelation 6:11 - Then they were each given a white robe; and they were told to rest and wait quietly for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed.
- Acts 25:1 - Now Festus arrived in the province, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea [Maritima].
- Acts 25:2 - And [there in Jerusalem] the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul [before Festus], and they repeatedly pleaded with him,
- Acts 25:3 - asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).
- Acts 25:4 - Festus answered that Paul was being held in custody in Caesarea [Maritima] and that he himself was about to leave shortly.
- Acts 25:5 - “So,” he said, “let those who are in a position of authority among you go there with me, and if there is anything criminal about the man, let them bring charges against him.”
- Acts 25:6 - Now after Festus had spent no more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal (the judicial bench), and ordered Paul to be brought [before him].
- Acts 25:7 - After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him which they were not able to prove,
- Acts 25:8 - while Paul declared in his own defense, “I have done no wrong and committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
- Acts 25:9 - But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul, “ Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial there in my presence [before the Jewish Sanhedrin] on these charges?”
- Acts 25:10 - Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.
- Acts 25:11 - Therefore, if I am guilty and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not try to escape death; but if there is nothing to the accusations which these men are bringing against me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar (Emperor Nero).”
- Acts 25:12 - Then Festus, after conferring with [the men who formed] his council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.”
- Acts 25:13 - Now several days later, Agrippa [II] the king and Bernice [his sister] arrived at Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus [the new governor].
- Acts 25:14 - While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man here who was left as a prisoner by Felix.
- Acts 25:15 - When I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews [told me about him and] brought charges against him, petitioning for a sentence of condemnation against him.
- Acts 25:16 - I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man [for punishment] before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has the opportunity to defend himself against the charges.
- Acts 25:17 - So after they arrived together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my place on the tribunal and ordered that the man be brought before me.
- Acts 25:18 - When his accusers stood up, they brought no charges against him of crimes that I was expecting [neither civil nor criminal actions],
- Acts 25:19 - instead they had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about one Jesus, a man who had died, but whom Paul kept asserting and insisting [over and over] to be alive.
- Acts 25:20 - And I, being at a loss as to how to investigate these things, asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding these matters.
- Acts 25:21 - But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for a decision by the Emperor [Nero], I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”
- Acts 25:22 - Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” Festus replied, “you will hear him.”
- Acts 25:23 - So the next day Agrippa and [his sister] Bernice came with great pageantry, and they went into the auditorium accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
- Acts 25:24 - Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all you gentlemen present with us, you see this man [Paul] about whom all the Jewish people appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly insisting that he ought not to live any longer.
- Acts 25:25 - But I found that he had done nothing worthy of death; however, since he appealed to the Emperor [Nero], I decided to send him [to Rome].
- Acts 25:26 - But I have nothing specific about him to write to my lord. So I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I will have something to put in writing.
- Acts 9:16 - for I will make clear to him how much he must suffer and endure for My name’s sake.”
- Acts 5:17 - But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy and resentment.
- Acts 5:18 - They arrested the apostles and put them in a public jail.
- Acts 5:19 - But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said,
- Acts 5:20 - “Go, stand and continue to tell the people in the temple [courtyards] the whole message of this Life [the eternal life revealed by Christ and found through faith in Him].”
- Acts 5:21 - When they heard this, they went into the temple [courtyards] about daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent word to the prison for the apostles to be brought [before them].
- Acts 5:22 - But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they came back and reported,
- Acts 5:23 - “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened [the doors], we found no one inside.”
- Acts 5:24 - Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these things, they were greatly perplexed, wondering what would come of this.
- Acts 5:25 - But someone came and told them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing [right here] in the temple [area], teaching the people!”
- Acts 5:26 - Then the captain went with the officers and brought them back, without hurting them (because they were afraid of the people, worried that they might be stoned).
- Acts 5:27 - So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,
- Acts 5:28 - saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this Man’s blood on us [by accusing us as His murderers].”
- Acts 5:29 - Then Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men [we have no other choice].
- Acts 5:30 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross [and you are responsible].
- Acts 5:31 - God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior and Deliverer, in order to grant repentance to Israel, and [to grant] forgiveness of sins.
- Acts 5:32 - And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.”
- Acts 5:33 - Now when they heard this, they were infuriated and they intended to kill the apostles.
- Acts 5:34 - But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law [of Moses], highly esteemed by all the people, stood up in the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) and ordered that the men be taken outside for a little while.
- Acts 5:35 - Then he said to the Council, “Men of Israel, be careful in regard to what you propose to do to these men.
- Acts 5:36 - For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody [of importance], and a group of about four hundred men allied themselves with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing.
- Acts 5:37 - After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up, [and led an uprising] during the time of the census, and drew people after him; he was also killed, and all his followers were scattered.
- Acts 5:38 - So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men [merely human in origin], it will fail and be destroyed;
- Acts 5:39 - but if it is of God [and it appears that it is], you will not be able to stop them; or else you may even be found fighting against God!”
- Acts 5:40 - The Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) took his advice; and after summoning the apostles, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
- John 16:2 - They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.
- Mark 13:5 - Jesus began to say to them, “Be careful and see to it that no one misleads you.
- Matthew 10:17 - Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;
- Matthew 10:18 - and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.