Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 25:4
See notes on verse 1
See notes on verse 1
Verse Acts 25:4. _FESTUS ANSWERED, THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CAESAREA_] It is truly astonishing that Festus should refuse this favour to the heads of the Jewish nation, which, to those who were not...
BUT FESTUS ANSWERED ... - What induced Festus to refuse their request is not known. It is probable, however, that he was apprised that Paul was a Roman citizen, and that his case could not come before...
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...
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...
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...
I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
ANSWERED. App-122. KEPT. Greek. _tereo_. AT. in. Greek. _eis_. App-104. SHORTLY. Literally in (Greek. _en)_ speed....
_But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept_, &c. This hardly gives the force of the original, which is better rendered in the _Rev. Ver._, "that Paul was kept in charge at Cæsarea." The governor's...
Acts 25:1-12. ARRIVAL OF FESTUS. PAUL’S CAUSE HEARD BEFORE HIM. PAUL APPEALS TO THE EMPEROR...
ἈΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ ΤΗΡΕΙ͂ΣΘΑΙ ΤῸΝ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΝ ΕἸΣ ΚΑΙΣΆΡΕΙΑΝ, _he answered that Paul was kept in charge at Cæsarea_. The governor’s position was that the prisoner had been placed by his predecessor in a certain sta...
_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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΤΗΡΕΪ́ΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf. от_ ΤΗΡΈΩ (G5083) хранить, наблюдать. _Inf._ в косвенной речи. _Praes._ указывает на развивающееся дей...
FESTUS ANSWERED— It certainly was extraordinary that Festus, who, as a new governor and a heathen, could not but incline to make himself popular, should deny this request, when it had the appearance o...
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...
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept ('in custody') "at Cesarea, and that he hims...
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...
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...
μὲν οὖν : no antithesis expressed; but Rendall, Appendix on μὲν οὖν, _Acts_, p. 162, holds that two phases of events are here contrasted: Festus refused to bring Paul away from Cæsarea, but he underto...
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...
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...
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...
It would appear, from their first request being peremptorily denied them, how little solicitous their governors were to please them. The successors of Felix and Festus were not better disposed than th...
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,...
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)...
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 FESTUS ANSWERED, THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CAESAREA,.... Or that he was kept there, and was in proper custody, under the care of a centurion, and should continue there; nor was there any reason...
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly _thither_. Ver. 4. _That Paul should be kept, &c._] How easily can God defeat the most cunning cont...
_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...
BUT FESTUS ANSWERED THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CAESAREA, AND THAT HE HIMSELF WOULD DEPART SHORTLY THITHER....
PAUL APPEALS TO CAESAR. Acts 25:1 The hearing before Festus arranged:...
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...
BUT FESTUS ANSWERED THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CAESAREA, AND THAT HE HIMSELF WAS GOING THERE SHORTLY. 1. Paul is now, and has been for 2 years, in Roman control. Festus was not about to release that...
Acts 25:4-5 Festus rejects the Jewish offer and responds that he will hear Paul's case and the Jewish leaders can travel to Caesarea and present their case. "Although Festus was. more conciliatory cha...
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...
It is most probable that Festus had been informed by Felix of the Jews malice against Paul; for Felix having been accused by the Jews unto the emperor, might be supposed to have recriminated wheresoev...
Acts 25:4 But G3303 G3767 Festus G5347 answered G611 (G5662) Paul G3972 kept G5083 (G5745) at...
‘Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart there shortly.' We do not know whether Festus was a little suspicious about this request or...
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...
Acts 25:4. BUT FESTUS ANSWERED, THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CÆSAREA, AND THAT HE HIMSELF WOULD DEPART SHORTLY THITHER. The original Greek here somewhat changes the character of the governor's reply to...
HOWBEIT (μεν ουν). No antithesis expressed, though Page considers δε in verse Acts 25:6 to be one. They probably argued that it was easier for one man (Paul) to come to Jerusalem than for many to go...
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...
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...
_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....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:4 FESTUS unintentionally protected PAUL by insisting that any hearing should take place in his headquarters at CAESAREA....
_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...
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...
Should be kept [τ η ρ ε ι σ θ α ι]. This puts it as a peremptory denial of the Jews ' request by Festus; whereas it is only his statement of a fact. Render, as Rev., that Paul was kept in charge. Fest...
But Festus answered — So Festus's care to preserve the imperial privileges was the means of preserving Paul's life. By what invisible springs does God govern the world! With what silence, and yet with...