Acts 23:28

New Living Translation

Then I took him to their high council to try to learn the basis of the accusations against him.

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
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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.

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

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 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 The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. ¹³ There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy. ¹⁴ They went to the leading priests and elders and told them, "We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. ¹⁵ So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way." ¹⁶ But Paul's nephew—his sister's son—heard of their plan and went to the fortress and told Paul. ¹⁷ Paul called for one of the Roman officers and said, "Take this young man to the commander. He has something important to tell him." ¹⁸ So the officer did, explaining, "Paul, the prisoner, called me over and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you." ¹⁹ The commander took his hand, led him aside, and asked, "What is it you want to tell me?" ²⁰ Paul's nephew told him, "Some Jews are going to ask you to bring Paul before the high council tomorrow, pretending they want to get some more information. ²¹ But don't do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to ambush him. They have vowed not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent."

Bible Verse Review
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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.