Catholic Public Domain Version
"And wanting to know the reason that they objected to him, I brought him into their council. "
— Acts 23:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:”
“And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council: ”
“Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.”
“Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.”
“And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.”
“And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:”
“And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:”
For he was afraid, lest perhaps the Jews might seize him and kill him, and that afterwards he would be falsely accused, as if he had accepted a bribe. And so he wrote a letter containing the following:
“Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor, Felix: greetings.
This man, having been apprehended by the Jews and being about to be put to death by them, I rescued, overwhelming them with soldiers, since I realized that he is a Roman.
And wanting to know the reason that they objected to him, I brought him into their council.
And I discovered him to be accused about questions of their law. Yet truly, nothing deserving of death or imprisonment was within the accusation.
And when I had been given news of ambushes, which they had prepared against him, I sent him to you, notifying his accusers also, so that they may plead their accusations before you. Farewell.”
Therefore the soldiers, taking Paul according to their orders, brought him by night to Antipatris.