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Murdock Translation

Acts 23:28

And as I wished to know the offence, for which they criminated him, I brought him to their assembly.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caesarea;   Change of Venue;   Claudius Lysius;   Felix;   Letters;   Minister, Christian;   Paul;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Caesarea;   Felix;   War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lysias Claudius;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ambush;   Letter;   Persecution in the Bible;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caesarea;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Letter;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 11 To Desire, Will, Purpose;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bernice;   Claudius;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Claudius Lysias;   Epistle;   Have;   Tertullus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.
King James Version (1611)
And when I would haue knowen the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him foorth into their Council.
King James Version
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
English Standard Version
And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.
New American Standard Bible
And wanting to ascertain the basis for the charges they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their Council;
New Century Version
I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him before their council meeting.
Amplified Bible
And wanting to know the exact charge which they were making against him, I brought him down to their Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court);
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Council;
Legacy Standard Bible
And wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin;
Berean Standard Bible
and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
Contemporary English Version
I wanted to find out what they had against him. So I brought him before their council
Complete Jewish Bible
I wanted to understand exactly what they were charging him with; so I brought him down to their "Sanhedrin."
Darby Translation
And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;
Easy-to-Read Version
I wanted to know why they were accusing him. So I brought him before their council meeting.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when I would haue knowen the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.
George Lamsa Translation
And because I wanted to know the cause for which they accused him, I took him down to their council.
Good News Translation
I wanted to know what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council.
Lexham English Bible
And because I wanted to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
Literal Translation
And being minded to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrin;
American Standard Version
And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:
Bible in Basic English
And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:
Hebrew Names Version
Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
International Standard Version
I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, so I had him brought before their Council.Sanhedrin
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Etheridge Translation
And when I sought to know the occasion of which they accused him, I brought him down to their synagogue.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whe I would haue knowen the cause, wherfore they accused hym, I brought hym foorth into their counsell.
English Revised Version
And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:
World English Bible
Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And desiring to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him before their council: Whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law,
Weymouth's New Testament
And, wishing to know with certainty the offense of which they were accusing him, I brought him down into their Sanhedrin,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y wolde wite the cause, which thei puttiden ayens hym; and Y ledde hym to the counsel of hem.
Update Bible Version
And desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin:
Webster's Bible Translation
And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
New English Translation
Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
New King James Version
And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council.
New Living Translation
Then I took him to their high council to try to learn the basis of the accusations against him.
New Life Bible
I wanted to know what they had against him. So I took him to the religious leaders' court.
New Revised Standard
Since I wanted to know the charge for which they accused him, I had him brought to their council.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, being minded to find out the cause for which they were accusing him, I took him down into their High-council,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.
Revised Standard Version
And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when I wolde have knowen the cause wherfore they accused him I brought him forth into their cousell.
Young's Literal Translation
and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan I wolde haue knowne the cause, wherfore they accused hi, I broughte him in to their councell:
Mace New Testament (1729)
having been informed he was a Roman, I had him brought before their Sanhedrim, to hear what crime they laid to his charge.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I escorted him to their High Council to find out why they had a burr under their saddle about him.

Contextual Overview

12 And when it was morning, several of the Jews assembled together, and bound themselves by imprecations that they would neither eat nor drink until they had slain Paul. 13 And they who had established this compact by oath, were more than forty persons. 14 And they went to the priests and Elders, and said: We have bound ourselves by imprecations, that we will taste of nothing, until we shall have slain Paul. 15 And now, do ye and the chiefs of the congregation request of the Chiliarch, that he would bring him unto you, as if ye were desirous to investigate truly his conduct: and we are prepared to slay him, ere he shall come to you. 16 the son of Paul's sister, heard of this plot: and he went into the castle, and informed Paul. 17 And Paul sent and called one of the centurions, and said to him: Conduct this youth to the Chiliarch; for he hath something to tell him. 18 And the centurion took the young man, and introduced him to the Chiliarch, and said: Paul the prisoner called me, and requested me to bring this youth to thee, for he hath something to tell thee. 19 And the Chiliarch took the young man by his hand, and led him one side, and asked him: What hast thou to tell me? 20 And the young man said to him: The Jews have projected to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow to their assembly, as if wishing to learn something more from him. 21 But be not thou persuaded by them: for, lo, more than forty persons of them watch for him in ambush, and have bound themselves by imprecations, that they will neither eat nor drink until they shall have slain him: and lo, they are prepared, and are waiting for thy promise

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 22:30

Reciprocal: John 18:29 - What

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when I would have known the cause,.... Or crime, he was guilty of:

wherefore they accused him: which they charged him with, and for which they beat him almost to death:

I brought him forth into their council; their court of judicature, the great sanhedrim.


 
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