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Verse Acts 25:2. _THE HIGH PRIEST - INFORMED HIM AGAINST PAUL_] They
supposed that as Felix, to please them, on the _resignation_ of his
government, had left Paul bound, so Festus, on the _assumption...
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THEN THE HIGH PRIEST - The high priest at this time was Ismael, the
son of Fabi. He had been promoted to that office by Agrippa (Josephus,
_Antiq._, book 20, chapter 8, section 8). It is probable, how...
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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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HIGH PRIEST. Greek. _archiereus._ The texts read "chief priests".
CHIEF. first.
INFORMED. Gr _emphanizo._ See Acts 23:15 and App-106.
AGAINST. Greek. _kata._ App-104.
BESOUGHT. were beseeching. Gr...
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_Then the high priest R. V._"And the chief priests." For the best MSS.
give the plural. No doubt Ananias, as before, was the leader of the
accusation, but he got others of his own class to support him...
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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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ΟἹ� with אABCEL. _Vulg_. ‘principes sacerdotum.’
2. ἘΝΕΦΆΝΙΣΆΝ ΤΕ, _and they informed_. The verb indicates
that the proceedings here assumed a legal form. It was no mere mention
in any irregular way,...
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_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...
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ΈΝΕΦΆΝΙΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΜΦΑΝΊΖΩ (G1718)
делать известным, выдвигать обвинения
против (_см._ Acts 24:1).
ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870)
ободрять, молить, побуждать....
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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...
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See notes on verse 1...
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Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against
Paul, and besought him,
Then the high priest - `the chief priests' is clearly the true reading
[ hoi (G3588) archiereis (G749)].
A...
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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...
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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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THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS... — Some of the best
MSS. give the plural, “the chief priests.” It is clear that they
hoped to take advantage of the newness of Festus to his office. He...
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ἐνεφάνισαν, _cf._ Acts 23:15; Acts 24:1 : here the context
evidently implies that legal and formal information was laid against
Paul. If we read οἱ ἀρχ., _cf._ Acts 4:5. οἱ πρῶτοι :
sometimes taken as...
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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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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)...
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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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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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THEN THE HIGH PRIEST,.... Ananias, as in Acts 23:2 the Alexandrian
copy, the Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental versions, read,
"the chief priests", the whole college of the priests:
AND THE...
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Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against
Paul, and besought him,
Ver. 2. _Informed him against Paul_] ενεφανισαν, they gave
him private intelligence (so the word signifies,...
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_When Festus was come into the province_ And had taken possession of
the government; _after three days he ascended from Cesarea_ The usual
residence of the Roman governors; _to Jerusalem_ The capital...
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THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS INFORMED HIM AGAINST
PAUL, AND BESOUGHT HIM,...
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PAUL APPEALS TO CAESAR. Acts 25:1
The hearing before Festus arranged:...
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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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THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF MEN OF THE JEWS INFORMED HIM
AGAINST PAUL: AND THEY PETITIONED HIM.
1. Festus meets with the chief priest. Not because he is the religious
leader of the Jews, but b...
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"Brought charges against Paul" In two years that passed (Acts 24:27),
the hatred towards Paul had not waned. The Jewish authorities
immediately seek to persuade the new governor to bring Paul up to
Je...
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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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THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS; the same who are called the elders, in ACTS
24:1. INFORMED HIM AGAINST PAUL; continued their accusation and
prosecution of Paul. So restless is the rage and enmity, the
adversar...
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Acts 25:2 Then G1161 priest G749 and G2532 men G4413 Jews G2453
informed G1718 (G5656) him G846 against...
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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...
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‘Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days
went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. And the chief priests and the
principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they besou...
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Acts 25:2. THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS INFORMED HIM
AGAINST PAUL. Directly after his arrival at the seat of his new
government, the procurator went up to the real capital of the
pro...
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THE PRINCIPAL MEN
(ο πρωτο). The first men, the leading men of the city, besides
the chief priests. In verse Acts 25:15 we have "the chief priests and
the elders." These chief men among the Jews wo...
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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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THREE DAYS AFTER FESTUS ARRIVED. He was the new governor of Judea. He
went to Jerusalem to confer with the Jewish leaders. BROUGHT THEIR
CHARGES. The Jewish leaders wanted Paul transferred to Jerusale...
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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 25:2 THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PRINCIPAL MEN
probably refers to the Sanhedrin.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 25:1. HAVING COME INTO THE PROVINCE, or _having entered upon his
province—i.e._, his procuratorship (see on Acts 23:18)—Festus,
after three days, ASCENDED, or _went up_ (contra...
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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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Besought. The imperfect denotes their persistence : kept beseeching....
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Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews appeared against Paul
— In so long a time their rage was not cooled. So much louder a call
had Paul to the Gentiles....