Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 25:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
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Quick Meaning
Exposes their request for Jerusalem transfer as an intended ambush.
Read It With
- Acts 25:1–25:12
Read Acts 25:3 with 25:1–25:12. In isolation, this contribution—exposes their request for Jerusalem transfer as an intended ambush—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: New governor Festus refuses an ambush request, hears renewed unproved charges at Caesarea, proposes Jerusalem as a favor, and Paul asserts his innocence and appeals to Caesar, which the council accepts.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Exposes their request for Jerusalem transfer as an intended ambush. This precise contribution belongs inside “Festus's venue proposal leads Paul to appeal” because New governor Festus refuses an ambush request, hears renewed unproved charges at Caesarea, proposes Jerusalem as a favor, and Paul asserts his innocence and appeals to Caesar, which the council accepts.
What Remains True
Acts 25:3's particular contribution—exposes their request for Jerusalem transfer as an intended ambush—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 25:1–25:12.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 25:3's particular contribution—exposes their request for Jerusalem transfer as an intended ambush—through this passage-controlled response: Use lawful appeal when venue and ambush threaten justice, while recognizing that legal rights are unevenly available.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 25:1–25:12 — Festus's venue proposal leads Paul to appealSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 25:1–25:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 25:1-25:12
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 25:1-25:12
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 25:1–25:12
Open source ↗