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Asking favour against him (aitoumenoi charin kat' autou). A favour to themselves (middle voice), not to Paul, but “against” (kat', down, against) him.
That he would send for (hopōs metapempsētai). First aorist middle subjunctive of metapempō (See note on Act 24:24, and Act 24:26) with final particle hopōs like hina. Aorist tense for single case.
Laying wait (enedran poiountes). See note on Act 23:16 for the word enedra. Old idiom (Thucydides) for laying a plot or ambush as here. Only these two uses of enedra in N.T. Two years before the Sanhedrin had agreed to the plot of the forty conspirators. Now they propose one on their own initiative.
On the way (kata tēn hodon). Down along, up and down along the way. Plenty of opportunity would occur between Caesarea and Jerusalem for ambush and surprise attacks.