NET Bible
"Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council."
— Acts 23:28, NET Bible
“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.”
“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:”
He wrote a letter that went like this:
Claudius Lysias to His Excellency Governor Felix, greetings.
This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.
Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.
So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.