Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him