Acts 23:28
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
And when I would haue knowen the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him foorth into their Council.
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- Acts 22:30Rank 1 from verse 28
30On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
30On the morrow, because he would haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chiefe Priests and all their Councill to appeare, and brought Paul downe, and set him before them.
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Acts 23:28
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.
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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of accuse, meaning to charge with a fault or offence; to allege guilt or blame against.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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23:27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
23:27This man was taken of the Iewes and should haue beene killed of them: Then came I with an armie, and rescued him, hauing vnderstood that he was a Romane.
23:28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
23:28And when I would haue knowen the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him foorth into their Council.
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23:29Whom I perceiued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but to haue nothing laide to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.