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Acts 25:3

NETBible	Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul,¹ they urged Festus² to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush³ to kill him along the way.
NIV © biblegateway Act 25:3	They urgently requested Festus, as a favour to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
NASB © biblegateway Act 25:3	requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem ( at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).
NLT © biblegateway Act 25:3	They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem. (Their plan was to waylay and kill him.)
MSG © biblegateway Act 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.
BBE © SABDAweb Act 25:3	Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 25:3	and requested, as a favor to them against Paul, to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 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.
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KJV	And desired <154> (5734) favour <5485> against <2596> him <846>_, that <3704> he would send for <3343> (5667) him <846> to <1519> Jerusalem <2419>_, laying <4160> (5723) wait <1747> in <2596> the way <3598> to kill <337> (5629) him <846>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 25:3	requesting <154> a concession <5485> against <2596> Paul, that he might have him brought <3343> to Jerusalem <2419> (at the same time, setting <4160> an ambush <1747> to kill <337> him on the way <3598> ).
NET [draft] ITL	Requesting <154> him to do <4160> them a favor <5485> against <2596> Paul <846> , they urged Festus to summon <3343> him <846> to <1519> Jerusalem <2419> , planning <1747> an ambush to kill <337> him <846> along <2596> the way <3598> .
GREEK	aitoumenoi <154> (5734) V-PMP-NPM carin <5485> N-ASF kat <2596> PREP autou <846> P-GSM opwv <3704> ADV metapemqhtai <3343> (5667) V-ADS-3S auton <846> P-ASM eiv <1519> PREP ierousalhm <2419> N-PRI enedran <1747> N-ASF poiountev <4160> (5723) V-PAP-NPM anelein <337> (5629) V-2AAN auton <846> P-ASM kata <2596> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF odon <3598> N-ASF

NETBible

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul,¹ they urged Festus² to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush³ to kill him along the way.

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “Requesting a favor against him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation, the understood direct object of “requesting” has been supplied, and the phrase “to do them” supplied for clarity.

²tn Grk “him”; the referent (Festus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The words “they urged him” are in v. 2 in the Greek text.

³sn Planning an ambush. The Jewish leadership had not forgotten the original plan of several years ago (see 23:16). They did not trust the Roman legal process, but preferred to take matters into their own hands.