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AICNT Wanting to know the charge for which they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
OEB Wanting to know exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,
WEBBE Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
LSV and intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin,
FBV I wanted to know the reason for their accusations, so I took him before their council.
TCNT Wishing to know the reason why they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
T4T I wanted to know what those Jews were saying that he had done wrong, so I took him to their Jewish Council.
LEB No LEB ACTs 23:28 verse available
BBE And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth And, wishing to know with certainty the offense of which they were accusing him, I brought him down into their Sanhedrin,
ASV And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:
DRA And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.
YLT and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,
Drby And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;
RV And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:
Wbstr And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
KJB-1769 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
KJB-1611 And when I would haue knowen the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him foorth into their Council.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps And whe I would haue knowen the cause, wherfore they accused hym, I brought hym foorth into their counsell.
(And when I would have known the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council/counsel.)
Gnva And when I would haue knowen the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.
(And when I would have known the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council. )
Cvdl And whan I wolde haue knowne the cause, wherfore they accused hi, I broughte him in to their councell:
(And when I would have known the cause, wherefore they accused hi, I brought him in to their councell:)
TNT And when I wolde have knowen the cause wherfore they accused him I brought him forth into their consell.
(And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him I brought him forth into their consell. )
Wycl And Y wolde wite the cause, which thei puttiden ayens hym; and Y ledde hym to the counsel of hem.
(And I would wite the cause, which they puttiden against him; and I led him to the council/counsel of them.)
Luth Da ich mich aber wollte erkundigen der Ursache, darum sie ihn beschuldigten, führete ich ihn in ihren Rat.
(So I me but wanted erkundigen the/of_the Ursache, therefore they/she/them him/it beschuldigten, führete I him/it in your Rat.)
ClVg Volensque scire causam quam objiciebant illi, deduxi eum in concilium eorum.
(Volensque scire causam how obyiciebant illi, deduxi him in concilium their. )
UGNT βουλόμενός τε ἐπιγνῶναι τὴν αἰτίαν δι’ ἣν ἐνεκάλουν αὐτῷ, κατήγαγον εἰς τὸ Συνέδριον αὐτῶν;
(boulomenos te epignōnai taʸn aitian di’ haʸn enekaloun autōi, kataʸgagon eis to Sunedrion autōn;)
SBL-GNT βουλόμενός ⸀τε ⸀ἐπιγνῶναι τὴν αἰτίαν διʼ ἣν ἐνεκάλουν αὐτῷ, ⸀κατήγαγον εἰς τὸ συνέδριον αὐτῶν.
(boulomenos ⸀te ⸀epignōnai taʸn aitian diʼ haʸn enekaloun autōi, ⸀kataʸgagon eis to sunedrion autōn.)
TC-GNT Βουλόμενος [fn]δὲ [fn]γνῶναι τὴν αἰτίαν δι᾽ ἣν ἐνεκάλουν αὐτῷ, κατήγαγον [fn]αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ συνέδριον αὐτῶν·
(Boulomenos de gnōnai taʸn aitian di haʸn enekaloun autōi, kataʸgagon auton eis to sunedrion autōn; )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
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Paul Is Imprisoned for the Gospel
As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.