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Acts 23:28

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23:28Since I wanted to know105 what charge they were accusing him of,106 I brought him down to their council.107

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  1. 105 Or “determine.”
  2. 106 Grk “to know the charge on account of which they were accusing him.” This has been simplified to eliminate the prepositional phrase and relative pronoun διʼ ἢν (di’ hēn) similar to L&N 27.8 which has “ ‘I wanted to find out what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council’ Ac 23:28.”
  3. 107 Grk “their Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And because I wanted to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: