Acts 24:26
iHe hoped also that jmoney should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἐλπίζων ὅτι χρήματα δοθήσεται αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου, ὅπως λύσῃ αὐτόν· διὸ καὶ πυκνότερον αὐτὸν μεταπεμπόμενος ὡμίλει αὐτῷ.
Textual key: ‘that he might loose him’
i:
Exodus 23:8 ¶And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Job 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Psalms 26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
j:
Acts 24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.