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Verse Acts 25:11. _FOR IF I BE AN OFFENDER_] If it can be proved that
I have broken the laws, so as to expose me to capital punishment, I do
not wish to save my life by subterfuges; I am before the on...
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FOR IF I BE AN OFFENDER - If I have injured the Jews so as to deserve
death. If it can be proved that I have done injury to anyone.
I REFUSE NOT TO DIE - I have no wish to escape justice. I do not wis...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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FOR IF. If then indeed.
IF. App-118.
BE AN OFFENDER. am doing wrong. Greek. _adikeo,_ as in Acts 25:10.
REFUSE. Literally beg off. Greek. _paraiteomai._ See Luke 14:18.
NONE. nothing. Greek. _oude...
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_For if I be an offender_ The best MSS. have not "For." Read, with
_Rev. Ver._, "If then I am a wrong-doer." He has asserted that he was
innocent so far as the Jews are concerned. If there be anything...
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ΕἸ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν�, _if then I am a wrong-doer_. He has
asserted that he was innocent so far as the Jews are concerned. If
there be anything against him, it is for the civil jurisdiction of
Rome, not for t...
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Acts 25:1-12. ARRIVAL OF FESTUS. PAUL’S CAUSE HEARD BEFORE HIM. PAUL
APPEALS TO THE EMPEROR...
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_PAUL APPEALED TO CAESAR ACTS 25:7-12:_ As soon as Paul was brought
into the court the Jewish leaders crowded around him and laid many and
grievous complaints against him. These were complaints which...
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ΆΔΙΚΏ _praes. ind. act., см._ Acts 25:10; здесь: "я
виновен" аттическое выражение (Bruce).
_Perf._ (ΠΈΠΡΑΧΑ) используется для
обозначения отдельных
злоупотреблений, _praes._ только для
обозначения общ...
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I STAND AT CAESAR'S JUDGMENT-SEAT,— Where St. Paul says, _as thou
very well knowest,_ he may either refer to the examination of him that
day taken before him, or more probably to the information which...
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e.
Paul's trial, defence and appeal to Caesar. Acts 25:6 b - Acts 25:12.
Acts 25:6 b
he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the
judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought....
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See notes on verse 10...
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FOR IF I BE AN OFFENDER, OR HAVE COMMITTED ANY THING WORTHY OF DEATH,
I REFUSE NOT TO DIE: BUT IF THERE BE NONE OF THESE THINGS WHEREOF
THESE ACCUSE ME, NO MAN MAY DELIVER ME UNTO THEM. I APPEAL UNTO...
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10 Paul's reply is a marvelous compendium of his defense and his
rights as a Roman citizen. Festus had supreme criminal jurisdiction in
Judea over all except Roman citizens. Even these, should they be...
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25:11 done (c-5) Lit. 'I do.' The present tense and characteristic.
see Note h, Galatians 2:14 ....
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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...
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NO MAN MAY DELIVER ME UNTO THEM. — Literally, _no man may give me up
to them as a favour._ The words show that he saw through the simulated
fairness of the procurator, and did not shrink from showing...
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εἰ μὲν γὰρ, see critical note, “if then (οὗν) I am a
wrongdoer,” referring to his standing before Cæsar's judgment-seat,
and not to the ἠδίκησα in Acts 25:10. ἀδικεῖν : only
here absolutely in N.T.; t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down
unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded
Paul to be brought. (7) And when he was come, the Jews which...
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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...
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_ST. PAUL’S APPEAL TO CÆSAR_
‘I appeal unto Cæsar.’
Acts 25:11
This was St. Paul’s declaration to Festus who had succeeded Felix.
More than two years had passed since the Sanhedrin excited the mob
a...
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11._I appeal unto Caesar. _After that he hath professed that he doth
not refuse to die if he be found guilty, he freely useth such helps as
he could find at the hands of men. Wherefore, if we be at...
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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...
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FOR IF I BE AN OFFENDER,.... Against the law of Moses, or the temple
at Jerusalem, or Caesar the Roman emperor:
OR HAVE COMMITTED ANYTHING WORTHY OF DEATH; by the laws of the Romans,
as sedition, mur...
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For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death,
I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof
these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto...
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_But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure_ To ingratiate himself
with them by a popular action, at the beginning of his government; to
gratify the prosecutors rather than the prisoner, as far as...
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I APPEAL UNTO CAESAR; I will go to Rome and be tried before the
emperor. To this, as a Roman citizen, he had a right. When men
destitute of the spirit of Christ, at the head of ecclesiastical
affairs,...
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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...
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FOR IF I AM AN OFFENDER, OR HAVE COMMITTED ANYTHING DESERVING OF
DEATH, I DO NOT OBJECT TO DYING; BUT IF THERE IS NOTHING IN THESE
THINGS OF WHICH THESE MEN ACCUSE ME, NO ONE CAN DELIVER ME TO THEM. I...
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"If, then,. am. wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of
death,. do not refuse to die" Paul recognized that the death penalty
was both lawful and biblical. There are crimes that deserve death a...
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1-12 See how restless malice is. Persecutors deem it a peculiar
favour to have their malice gratified. Preaching Christ, the end of
the law, was no offence against the law. In suffering times the
pru...
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IF I BE AN OFFENDER; if I have injured the Jews, and my fault be
WORTHY OF DEATH, such as by law deserves death, I beg no favour. NO
MAN MAY DELIVER ME UNTO THEM; according to law, (which the Romans d...
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Acts 25:11 For G1063 if G1487 G3303 offender G91 (G5719) or G2532
committed G4238 (G5758) anything...
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‘But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's judgment-seat,
where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you
also very well know. If then I am a wrongdoer, and have committed
any...
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PAUL APPEARS BEFORE FESTUS AND IS COMPELLED TO APPEAL TO CAESAR. TO
ROME HE WILL GO (25:6-12)....
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Acts 25:11. I APPEAL UNTO CÆSAR. This power of appealing to Rome was
a valuable privilege of all Roman citizens, and a great safeguard
against tyranny and oppression on the part of provincial magistra...
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IF I AM A WRONG-DOER
(ε μεν ουν αδικω). Condition of the first class with ε
and the present active indicative of αδικεω (α privative and
δικη): "If I am in the habit of doing injustice," assuming i...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHEN PAUL ARRIVED. The accused had to face his accusers. This was
Roman law. MANY SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST HIM. The Jewish leaders had
probably come along with Festus back to Caesarea. Their accusations...
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_The Jews laid many and grievous complaints against Paul._
THE NOBLE FIRMNESS OF THE CHRISTIAN IN THE MAINTENANCE OF HIS RIGHTS
It is different--
I. From the effrontery of the hypocrite; for the Ch...
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_Now when Festus was come into the province._
THE CHRISTIAN IN REFERENCE TO CHANGES OF GOVERNMENT
Kings may die and governors be changed, but Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever....
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:9 Paul feared Festus would GIVE him UP to the
Jews. As a Roman citizen he had the right to appeal his case to
CAESAR. He exercised that right in order to take the ma
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 25:6. MORE THAN TEN DAYS.—According to the most reliable
authorities this should be _not more than eight or ten days_.
Acts 25:7. The MANY AND GRIEVOUS COMPLAINTS, or charges,...
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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...
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Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he went
up from Caesarea to Jerusalem (Acts 25:1).
Ascended, and you always go up to Jerusalem, you never go down to
Jerusalem. No one eve...
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1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Acts 16:37;...
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Deliver [χ α ρ ι σ α σ θ α ι]. With an underlying sense of
giving him up as a favor to the Jews.
I appeal [ε π ι κ α λ ο υ μ α ι]. The technical phrase for
lodging an appeal. The Greek rendering of t...