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Verse Acts 25:27. _FOR IT SEEMETH TO ME UNREASONABLE_, c.] Every
reader must feel the awkward situation in which Festus stood. He was
about to send a _prisoner_ to Rome, to appear before Nero, though...
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FOR IT SEEMETH TO ME UNREASONABLE - Festus felt that he was placed in
an embarrassing situation. He was about to send a prisoner to Rome who
had been tried by himself, and who had appealed from his ju...
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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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PAUL PLACED BEFORE AGRIPPA. Festus probably lived in Herod's palace at
Cæ sarea, which would contain a large court-room for judicial
proceedings, the place of hearing. The officers of rank and the
lea...
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I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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Agrippa said to Festus, "I, too, would like to hear the man."
"Tomorrow, he said, "you will hear him." So on the next day Agrippa
and Bernice came with much pomp; and when they had come into the
audie...
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UNREASONABLE. Greek. _alogos._ Only here; 2 Peter 2:12.Jude 1:10
(translated "brute").. medical word.
WITHAL, &C. = to signify the charges also.
CRIMES. charges. Greek. _aitia_ as in Acts 25:18....
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Assembly of the Court and address of Festus...
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ἌΛΟΓΟΝ, _unreasonable_. In this sense, which is quite the
classical usage of the word, ἄλογος is not found again in N.T.
ΠΈΜΠΟΝΤΑ, _when sending_. This may mean ‘when I am
sending,’ and if so taken, t...
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ASSEMBLY OF THE COURT, AND ADDRESS OF FESTUS....
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_AGRIPPA DESIRED TO HEAR PAUL ACTS 25:22-27:_ Agrippa was a Jew by
profession. He desired to hear Paul in order to gain information about
the dispute between the Jews and Christians. Festus was happy...
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ΆΛΟΓΟΣ (G249) неразумный, бессмысленный
(ММ),
ΔΟΚΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380)
казаться, являться; безличное с _dat._,
"мне кажется"
ΠΈΜΠΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part., см._ Acts 25:25.
ΑΙΤΊΑ ...
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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 23...
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For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal
to signify the crimes laid against him.
For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal
to signify the crimes...
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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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ἄλογον, _cf._ Thuc., vi., 85, Xen., _Ages._, xi., 1 (elsewhere
in N.T., 2 Peter 2:12; Jude 1:10, _cf._ Wis 11:15-3, 3Ma 5:40 (A
_om._), 4Ma 14:14; 4Ma 14:18). It would seem from the verse that the
pro...
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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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REFLECTIONS
READER! learn from Paul's history, in the unceasing pursuits of those
men for his blood, the bitterness of heart in a state of nature,
against the doctrine of grace; and be convinced, that...
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And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great
pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief
captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul
w...
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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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FOR IT SEEMETH TO ME UNREASONABLE TO SEND A PRISONER,.... A man bound
as if he was a malefactor, and guilty of some heinous crimes, to Rome,
to be tried before Caesar:
AND NOT WITHAL TO SIGNIFY THE C...
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For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal
to signify the crimes _laid_ against him.
Ver. 27. _For it seems to me unreasonable_] And should not God's
people be as careful to...
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_On the morrow_, &c. Festus, accordingly, performed his promise to the
king; _and when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp_ Of
apparel, attendants, guards, &c.; Greek, μετα πολλης
φαντασιας...
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SIGNIFY; point out, specify....
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Paul presented before Agrippa:...
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FOR IT SEEMETH TO ME UNREASONABLE TO SEND A PRISONER, AND NOT WITHAL
TO SIGNIFY THE CRIMES LAID AGAINST HIM.
Agrippa was naturally interested in Paul, the great teacher of
Christianity, just as his re...
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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 FESTUS SAID, " KING AGRIPPA AND ALL THE MEN WHO ARE HERE PRESENT
WITH US, YOU SEE THIS MAN ABOUT WHOM THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY OF THE JEWS
PETITIONED ME, BOTH AT JERUSALEM AND HERE, CRYING OUT THAT HE W...
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Yes it would be absurd to send. prisoner to Caesar without. clue of
what he did that was against the law. This would be both absurd and
dangerous to Festus' reputation and life. If he can just get. li...
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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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So great a clamour, so hot a pursuit, and yet after all this the judge
(who would willingly have condemned Paul, and gratified the Jews)
knows not wherefore all this stir had been: but the more must h...
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Acts 25:27 For G1063 seems G1380 (G5719) me G3427 unreasonable G249
send G3992 (G5723) prisoner G1198 and...
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“For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal
to signify the charges against him.”
Indeed Festus' previous training had actually demonstrated to him that
to send a prisoner to b...
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Acts 25:27. FOR IT SEEMETH TO ME UNREASONABLE TO SEND A PRISONER, AND
NOT WITHAL TO SIGNIFY THE CRIMES LAID AGAINST HIM. Festus hoped, and
not without reason, that the examination before so great a ma...
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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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THE NEXT DAY. Luke writes as one who saw it all take place. Note who
all is there, and compare Acts 9:15. PAUL WAS BROUGHT IN. He is the
preacher, and his congregation contains some of the most powerf...
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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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_Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man for myself._
THE VOLUPTUARY’S DESIRE FOR A NEW SENSATION
The scene is highly characteristic. The round of festivities in honour
of the illust...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:23 Of Paul’s three “defense” speeches
(chs. Acts 22:1; Acts 24:1;...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 25:23. THE CHIEF CAPTAINS were the chiliarchs or commanders of
the cohorts stationed at Cæsarea—which cohorts were five in number
(Jos., _Wars_, III. iv. 2).
Acts 25:24. ALL T...
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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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John 7:51; Proverbs 18:13...
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Crimes [α ι τ ι α ς]. Rev., more correctly, charges....