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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Acts 25:5

Among you that are able. [1] It may signify, such as are powerful among you, or such as are able by health, and willing. (Witham)

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Qui potentes estis, Greek: oi dunatoi en umin.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 25:5. _LET THEM - WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE_] οι δυνατοι, _Those_ _who have authority_; for so is this word often used by good Greek authors, and by _Josephus_. Festus seems to have said: ...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE - Enjoy all the advantages of just trial, and exhibit your accusations with all the learning and talent in your power. This was all that they could reasonably ask at his hands...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 25 _ 1. Festus and the Jews. Paul appeals to Caesar (Acts 25:1)._ 2. King Agrippa visits Festus (Acts 25:13). 3. Paul brought before the King (Acts 25:23). The new governor, Festus, had arr...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    TRIAL BEFORE FESTUS. Of Festus little is known, but nothing unfavourable. Here he appears as a conscientious magistrate, who keeps everyone in his proper place and does not allow the course of justice...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Three days after he had entered into his province, Festus went up to Jerusalem. The chief priests and the chief men of the Jews laid information before him against Paul. They urged him, asking a favou...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AMONG. Greek. _en_. App-104. GO DOWN WITH. Greek. _sunkatabaino._ Only here. ACCUSE. Greek. _kategoreo._ See note on Acts 22:30. MAN. Greek. _aner_. App-123. The texts read, "if there be anything i...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Let them therefore … which among you are able R. V._"which are of power among you." The words of Festus do not refer to whether some of them could go to Cæsarea or not, but to the character of those...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἌΤΟΠΟΝ after ἈΝΔΡῚ with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘crimen.’ 5. ΟἹ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν … ΔΥΝΑΤΟΊ, _let them which are of power among you_. The words of Festus do not refer to whether some of them could go to Cæsarea...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 25:1-12. ARRIVAL OF FESTUS. PAUL’S CAUSE HEARD BEFORE HIM. PAUL APPEALS TO THE EMPEROR...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE JEWS DESIRED TO KILL PAUL ACTS 25:1-6:_ Nero, the Roman emperor, made Festus governor of Judea. Judea was a Roman province._ _ Three days after Festus became governor, he traveled from Caesarea t...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΟΊ ΈΝ ΎΜΪΝ ΔΥΝΑΤΟΊ люди, облеченные властью или влиятельные люди среди вас. Эта фраза часто относится к иудейекой знати. Слово ΔΥΝΑΤΟΊ может предполагать красноречие, а также престижность положения (L...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    d. Festus visits Jerusalem. Acts 25:1-6 a. Acts 25:1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. Acts 25:2 And the chief priests and the p...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 1...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, [hoi ( G3588) du...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    17 To a man like Felix the accusation that Paul belonged to the sect of the Nazarenes would have little in it to incriminate him. And Paul, with marvelous wisdom, answers all that might be said agains...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    25:5 man, (a-20) Or 'if there be anything amiss in the man.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 25 PAUL *APPEALS TO THE *EMPEROR, 25:1-12 V1 Three days after Festus arrived in *Judea, he went from Caesarea to *Jerusalem. V2 There, the chie...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LET THEM... WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE. — The adjective is probably used, as in 1 Corinthians 1:26; Revelation 6:15, in the sense of “powerful,” “chief,” rather than as specifically referring to their b...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    φησί : change to the _oratio recta_, _cf._ Acts 1:4. For other instances of the insertion of the single words ἔφη or φησίν, rare in N. T., see Simcox, _Language of the New Testament_, p. 200; _cf._ Ac...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GRANTING APPEAL TO CAESAR Acts 25:1 How inveterately must these Jews have hated Paul, when after two years they still thirsted for his blood! It would never have done for the trial to be transferred...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Jews besought Festus to bring Paul to Jerusalem for trial. This, however, he refused to do. When arraigned before him, Paul again made use of his rights as a Roman citizen, and definitely appealed...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Paul's Appeal to Caesar After only three days in the province, Porcius Festus went to Jerusalem. There, the high priest and some of the members of the Sanhedrin approached him about bringing Paul up t...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    _“Let those who are influential among you coming down prefer charges, if there is anything criminal in the man.”_ In a few days Festus returns to Caesarea and the high priest, accompanied by his cohor...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    PAUL'S APPEAL TO CAESAR 1-12. Festus, the successor of Felix in the governorship of Judea, like Lysias, the kiliarch of Jerusalem, shows up a very beautiful character in all of his dealings with Paul,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. (2) Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, (3)...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 5._Those, therefore. _It is in the Greek word for word, [literally] Those who are mighty or able; yet he meaneth those who can conveniently. Also, we may easily conjecture, that they did object the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The dignity of Paul's manner before all these governors is perfect. He addresses himself to the conscience with a forgetfulness of self that shewed a man in whom communion with God, and the sense of h...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    LET THEM THEREFORE, SAID HE, WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE,.... Who are at leisure, can spare time, and to whom it will be convenient, without interrupting other business, to take such a journey; and who a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But Festus_ Knowing their design; _answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea_ So Festus's care to preserve the imperial privileges was the means of preserving Paul's life! By what invisible sprin...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    ANY WICKEDNESS; if he has committed any crime....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PAUL APPEALS TO CAESAR. Acts 25:1 The hearing before Festus arranged:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Festus was a different character, a typical Roman, materialistic and matter-of-fact, not a debased type, but skeptical as to anything spiritual. Only three days after taking office he visited Jerusale...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    " THEREFORE, " HE SAID, " LET THOSE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY AMONG YOU GO DOWN WITH ME AND ACCUSE THIS MAN TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY FAULT IN HIM. " 1. They were welcome to travel with Festus as he returned t...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE; fit to prosecute Paul in your behalf; as Tertullus was, whom the Jews had carried with them formerly, ACTS 24:1. GO DOWN WITH ME; because Jerusalem was in a mountainous part...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 25:5 Therefore G3767 said G5346 (G5748) authority G1415 among G1722 you G5213 with G4782 (G5631) accuse...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Let those therefore, says he, who are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.' He pointed out that if they had any charge that they wished...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE JEWS PLAN TO AMBUSH PAUL, AN ATTEMPT WHICH IS THWARTED BY FESTUS' INSISTENCE ON TRYING HIM IN CAESAREA (25:1-5). Festus' first aim on arrival in office was to put things to rights. The result was...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 25:5. LET THEM THEREFORE, SAID HE, WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE, GO DOWN WITH ME. Bengel suggests that the expression, ‘which among you are able,' signifies ‘those among you which are able to perform...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THEM THEREFORE WHICH ARE OF POWER AMONG YOU (ο ουν εν υμιν δυνατο). "The mighty ones among you," "the men of power" (δυνατο) and authority, "the first men," the Sanhedrin, in other words. Note chang...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Acts 25:1. _Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem._ Porcius Festus had been appointed governor in the place of Felix, who had left Paul a...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Paul before Festus. His appeal to Caesar. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Festus, high priest, Paul, Caesar, Agrippa, Bernice. CONCLUSION: It is nothing for the most excellent ones of the earth to have...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Acts 25:1. _When Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended to Jerusalem,_ the metropolis of his government. The Romans evidently paid great attention to Palestine, because they r...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSTION ACTS 25:1 _Foetus therefore having come _for _now when Foetus was come, _A.V.; _went up _for _he ascended, _A.V.; _to Jerusalem from Casarea _for _from Caesarea to Jerusalem, _A.V. THE PROV...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 24:12; Acts 18:14; Acts 23:30; Acts 24:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Let those of you who are able — Who are best able to undertake the journey, and to manage the cause. If there be any wickedness in him — So he does not pass sentence before he hears the cause....

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