Acts 23:28

Myles Coverdale Bible

And whan I wolde haue knowne the cause, wherfore they accused hi, I broughte him in to their councell:

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I wanted to know why they were accusing him. So I brought him before their council meeting.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when I wolde have knowen the cause wherfore they accused him I brought him forth into their cousell.

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">[fn]Acts 22:30;">[xr]

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.

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:

English Standard Version
And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to 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.

English Revised Version
And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

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

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);

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:

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;

Etheridge Translation
And when I sought to know the occasion of which they accused him, I brought him down to their synagogue.

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

King James Version (1611)
And when I would haue knowen the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him foorth into 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.

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.

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whe I would haue knowen the cause, wherfore they accused hym, I brought hym foorth into their counsell.

Good News Translation
I wanted to know what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council.

Christian Standard Bible®
Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.

King James Version
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into 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;

Young's Literal Translation
and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

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.

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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I escorted him to their High Council to find out why they had a burr under their saddle about him.

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;

Contextual Overview

¹² Now whan it was daye, certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together, and made a vowe nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they had kylled Paul. ¹³ They were mo then fortye, which had made this conspyracion. ¹⁴ These came to the hye prestes and Elders, and sayde: We haue bounde oure selues wt a vowe, that we wil eate nothinge, tyll we haue slayne Paul. ¹⁵ Now therfore geue ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the councell, that he maye brynge him forth vnto you tomorow, as though ye wolde heare him yet better: As for vs, we are ready to kyll him, or euer he come nye you. ¹⁶ But whan Pauls sisters sonne herde of their layenge awayte, he came, and entred into the castell, and tolde Paul. ¹⁷ So Paul called vnto him one of ye vnder captaynes, and sayde: Brynge this yonge man to the vpper captayne, for he hath somewhat to saye to him. ¹⁸ He toke him, and broughte him to the vpper captayne, and sayde: Paul the presoner called me vnto him, and prayed me to brynge to the this yonge man, which hath somwhat to saye vnto the. ¹⁹ Then the hye captayne toke him by the hande, and wente asyde with him out of the waye, and axed him: What is it, that thou hast to saye vnto me? ²⁰ He sayde: The Iewes are agreed together, to desyre the, to let Paul be broughte forth tomorow before the councell, as though they wolde yet heare him better. ²¹ But folowe not thou their myndes, for there laye wayte for him mo then fortye men off them, which haue bounde them selues with a vowe, nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they haue slayne Paul: and euen now are they redye, and loke for thy promes.

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Acts 22:30

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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.