Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 25:21
See notes on verse 14
See notes on verse 14
ACTS 25:21 On the basis of the testimony of itgig A. C. Clark reconstructed the following Greek text: to,te o` Pau/loj evpekale,sato Kai,sara kai. hv|th,sato thrhqh/nai auvto.n eivj th.n tou/ Sebasto...
Verse Acts 25:21. _UNTO THE HEARING OF AUGUSTUS_] Εις την του ΣεβαϚου διαγνωσιν; _To the discrimination of the emperor_. For, although σεβαστος is usually translated _Augustus_, and the Roman emperor...
BUT WHEN HE HAD APPEALED - Acts 25:11. TO BE RESERVED - To be kept; not to be tried at Jerusalem, but to be sent to Rome for trial. UNTO THE HEARING - Margin, “the judgment.” That Augustus might hea...
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...
AGRIPPA AND BERNICE: INTEREST OF AGRIPPA IN PAUL. Agrippa was seventeen years old when his father died (Acts 12:23). He obtained from Claudius and Nero certain territories in the N. of Palestine, but...
When some days had elapsed, Agrippa, the king, and Bernice came to Caesarea to welcome Festus. As they were staying there for some time, Festus referred Paul's case to the king. "There is a man", he s...
I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
RESERVED. kept. Greek. _tereo._ HEARING. examination. Greek. _diagnosis_. Only here. See note on Acts 23:15. AUGUSTUS. Greek. _Sebastos._ The Greek word means "venerable", the same as the Latin _augu...
_to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus] Rev. Ver_. "to be kept for the decision of the Emperor." The verb is that which occurs Acts 24:23 where the centurion was commanded to "keep" Paul. He des...
ΤΗΡΗΘΗ͂ΝΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ͂ ΔΙΆΓΝΩΣΙΝ, _to be kept for the decision of the emperor_, τηρεῖσθαι is used above, Acts 24:23, where the centurion was commanded to ‘keep’ Paul. He desired to b...
FESTUS CONSULTS KING AGRIPPA ABOUT HIS PRISONER. AGRIPPA WISHES TO HEAR PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_KING AGRIPPA LEARNED ABOUT PAUL ACTS 25:13-21:_ King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to visit Festus. After they had been there for several days Festus told King Agrippa about the charges agains...
ΈΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΑΜΈΝΟΥ _aor. med. (dep.) part., см._ Acts 25:11. _Gen. abs._, _temp._ или причины, ΤΗΡΗΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf., см._ Acts 25:4. _Inf._ в косвенной речи как дополнение гл. ΈΠΙΚΑΛΕΣΑΜΈΝΟΥ. ΣΕΒΑ...
OF AUGUSTUS,— _Of our august emperor._ As _Augustus_ was not properly one of the names of Nero, though it was of Titus, the above version more justly expresses the import of Σεβαστος, which was plainl...
f. Paul's defense before King Agrippa. Acts 25:13 bActs 26:32. Acts 25:13 Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus....
_ _ BUT WHEN PAUL HAD APPEALED TO BE RESERVED UNTO THE HEARING OF AUGUSTUS, I COMMANDED HIM TO BE KEPT TILL I MIGHT SEND HIM TO CAESAR. But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of...
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...
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...
UNTO THE HEARING OF AUGUSTUS. — The title is the Greek equivalent, as seen in the name Sebaste (= Augusta) given to Samaria, for the epithet which, like our “his majesty,” had become a kind of officia...
ἐπικ. τηρηθῆναι αὐτὸν : on the construction after words of request or command of the infinitive _passive_ see Simcox, _Language of the N. T._, p. 121, and also Blass, _Gram._, p. 222. εἰς τὴν τοῦ Σεβα...
SEEKING CHARGES AGAINST HIS PRISONER Acts 25:13 Mark the difference with which these two men regarded our Lord. To the one, He was the supreme object of his affection and his life; to the other, He w...
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...
Festus Introduces Paul and the Jews' Case Against Him The King Agrippa Luke says came to greet Festus is actually Herod Agrippa II. His father was Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-23) and his great-grandfat...
Augustus Nero, who was then the Roman emperor....
PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE KING AGRIPPA. (_ACTS 25:13 TO ACTS 26:32_) This, by far the greatest prosecution of all, had no reference to the immediate destiny of Paul, _i. e_., they are no longer trying for...
And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. (14) And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain...
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...
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...
BUT WHEN PAUL HAD APPEALED TO BE RESERVED,.... In custody at Caesarea: UNTO THE HEARING OF AUGUSTUS; to have his cause heard, tried, and judged of, by the Roman Emperor Nero, here called Augustus; fo...
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. Ver. 21. _Send him to Caesar_] That is, to Nero. But for memory of...
_And because I doubted of such manner of questions_ Whether they were dangerous to the state and punishable, and whether I was a competent judge of them; _I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem_...
AUGUSTUS; Augustus and Caesar were used as terms of office: each meant the Roman emperor. At that time, this emperor was Nero....
BUT WHEN PAUL HAD APPEALED TO BE RESERVED UNTO THE HEARING OF AUGUSTUS, I COMMANDED HIM TO BE KEPT TILL I MIGHT SEND HIM TO CAESAR. After a few days had passed, sometime after the trial or preliminary...
AGRIPPA AND BERNICE IN CAESAREA. Festus lays the matter before Agrippa:...
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...
AND BECAUSE I WAS UNCERTAIN OF SUCH QUESTIONS, I ASKED WHETHER HE WAS WILLING TO GO TO JERUSALEM AND THERE BE JUDGED CONCERNING THESE MATTERS. 21 But when Paul appealed to be reserved for the decisio...
HEARING: Or, judgment...
13-27 Agrippa had the government of Galilee. How many unjust and hasty judgments the Roman maxim, ver. Acts 25:16, condemn! This heathen, guided only by the light of nature, followed law and custom e...
_ Augustus:_ the emperor who now reigned, and to whom Paul appealed, was Nero, who was called Augustus; this title being at first appropriated to Octavius, who succeeded Julius Caesar; but out of hono...
Acts 25:21 But G1161 Paul G3972 appealed G1941 (G5671) reserved G5083 (G5683) G846 for G1519 decision...
“And I, being perplexed how to enquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters. But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of t...
FESTUS CALLS ON AGRIPPA'S ASSISTANCE IN FORMULATING A CASE AND PAUL GIVES HIS TESTIMONY TO THEM BOTH (25:13-26:23). Festus now condemns himself by admitting that he has no charge to bring against Pau...
Acts 25:21. BUT WHEN PAUL HAD APPEALED TO BE RESERVED UNTO THE HEARING OF AUGUSTUS, I COMMANDED HIM TO BE KEPT TILL I MIGHT SEND HIM TO CÆSAR. There is evidently in Festus' words an under-current of a...
WHEN PAUL HAD APPEALED (του Παυλου επικαλεσαμενου). Genitive absolute with first aorist middle participle of επικαλεομα, the technical word for appeal (verses Acts 25:11; Acts 25:12). The first aor...
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...
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...
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...
KING AGRIPPA AND BERNICE. This is Herod Agrippa II and his sister Bernice. Drusilla, the wife of Festus, was also their sister. This man became king when his father, Herod Agrippa I died (Acts 12:23)....
_And after certain days King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea._ AGRIPPA AND BERNICE Each of the characters thus brought on the scene has a somewhat memorable history. 1. The former closes the...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 25:13. AFTER CERTAIN DAYS, or _certain days having gone by_; how many is unknown. AGRIPPA THE KING was Herod Agrippa II., the son of Agrippa I., mentioned in Acts 12:1; Acts 12...
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...
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...
2 Timothy 4:16; Acts 27:1; Acts 25:10; Acts 25:12; Acts 26:32;...
Of the Emperor [τ ο υ σ ε β α σ τ ο υ]. Lit., the august one; hence a translation of Augustus, which was not a proper name, but a title of the Roman emperors....