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Acts 25:17

17 So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.

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Acts 23:27–29

27 This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen, 28 and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin. 29 I found t…

Acts 25:5–7

5 So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.” 6 After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be b…

Acts 23:34–35

34 The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

1 Esdras 8:67–69

67 They delivered the king’s commandments to the king’s stewards and to the governors of Coelesyria and Phoenicia; and they honored the people and the temple of the Lord. (WEB) 68 Now when these things were done, the principal men came to me and said, (WEB) 69 “The nation of Israel… (WEB)

2 Maccabees 3:13–15

13 But Heliodorus, because of the king’s command given him, said that in any case this money must be confiscated for the king’s treasury. (WEB) 14 So having appointed a day, he entered in to direct the inquiry concerning these matters; and there was no small distress thro… (WEB)

Acts 5:26–28

26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them. 27 They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them. 28 “We gave you strict orders…

Acts 18:15–17

15 But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.” 16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat. 17 At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the…

Testament of Joseph 2:26–28

26 But he believed him not, but commanded him to be stripped and beaten. (T12) 27 And when he persisted in this statement, Pentephris said: Let the youth be brought. (T12) 28 And when I was brought in, I did obeisance to Pentephris for he was third in rank of the officers of Pharao… (T12)

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