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Verse Acts 25:20. _I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS_] Such as,
whether he had broken their law, defiled their temple; or whether this
Jesus, who was dead, was again raised to life....
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AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS - See the margin.
Because I hesitated about the right way of disposing of them; because
I was ignorant of their nature and bearing, I proposed to go t...
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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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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...
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I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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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...
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BECAUSE, &C. Literally I, being at. loss (Greek. _aporeomai._ Only
here; Joh 13:22. 2 Corinthians 4:8; Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:20).
OF SUCH MANNER OF QUEETIONS. Literally for (Greek. _eis)_ t
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_And because I doubted of such manner of questions] Rev. Ver_., with
ancient authorities, gives "And I, being perplexed how to inquire
concerning these things." The whole subject was a strange one to...
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ἈΠΟΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ ΔῈ ἘΓῺ ΤῊΝ ΠΕΡῚ ΤΟΎΤΩΝ
ΖΉΤΗΣΙΝ, _and I being perplexed how to inquire concerning these
things_. The whole subject would be strange to Festus, and when he
found that some Jews in part at le...
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FESTUS CONSULTS KING AGRIPPA ABOUT HIS PRISONER. AGRIPPA WISHES TO
HEAR PAUL’S DEFENCE...
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_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...
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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....
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See notes on verse 14...
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AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS, I ASKED HIM
WHETHER HE WOULD GO TO JERUSALEM, AND THERE BE JUDGED OF THESE
MATTERS.
AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS - THE "I" IS...
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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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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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BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS. — Better, _I, being
perplexed as to the inquiry about these things._ The word implies more
than mere doubt, and his perplexity is his justification for b...
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ἀπορούμενος δὲ : “being perplexed how to inquire
concerning,” R.V., omitting εἰς, the verb ἀπορ. talking a
direct accusative. See above on Acts 2:12. Festus might have truly
said that he was perplexed...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS,.... Or was ignorant
of them, and knew not what to make of them, or to say to them, and was
at an entire loss what to do in this affair:
I ASKED HIM...
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And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked _him_
whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these
matters.
Ver. 20. _And because_] He tells not Agrippa, that to gratify...
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_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_...
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DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS; how such questions should be
disposed of, or what course he should take with them....
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AGRIPPA AND BERNICE IN CAESAREA.
Festus lays the matter before Agrippa:...
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AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS, I ASKED HIM WHETHER
HE WOULD GO TO JERUSALEM, AND THERE BE JUDGED OF THESE MATTERS....
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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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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...
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I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS:
Or, I was doubtful how to enquire hereof...
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"Being at. loss how to investigate" This accurately sums up the
situation. Give Festus this much credit, he is humble here and admits
his own lack of knowledge and skill in this area. But, Festus is n...
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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...
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Festus pretends, that he knew not by what rule those cases were to be
decided, nor before what judges; whether before himself or the Jewish
sanhedrim. But this is only his pretension: the true cause w...
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Acts 25:20 And G1161 I G1473 uncertain G639 (G5734) of G1519 such
G5127 questions G4012 G2214 asked...
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“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...
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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...
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Acts 25:20. AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS, I ASKED
HIM WHETHER HE WOULD GO TO JERUSALEM, AND THERE BE JUDGED OF THESE
MATTERS. Festus hardly represents here the whole truth. No dou...
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BEING PERPLEXED
(απορουμενος). Present middle participle of the common verb
απορεω (α privative and πορος way), to be in doubt which
way to turn, already in Mark 6:20 which see and Luke 24:4. The Te...
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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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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)....
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_And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him
whether he would go to Jerusalem._
POLITENESS AND PIETY
1. Festus was at his wits’ ends through Felix’s mismanagement of
the case. Now...
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_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...
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_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...
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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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Acts 25:9...