Acts 24:26
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.
Context
This verse from Acts Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. The high priest's lawyer Tertullus accuses Paul before Felix: a pest, agitator, and ringleader of the Nazarene sect. Paul defends himself as worshiping the same God according to the Way. Felix defers judgment, keeps Paul in custody with some freedom, …
Other Translations
He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;
For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.
Cross References
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the …
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or …
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no …
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.