Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 25:18
Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed,
Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed,
ACTS 25:18 ponhrw/n {C} Although ponhrw/n (or ponhra, or ponhra,n) has the appearance of being a gloss added at various places to explain w-n or aivti,an, a majority of the Committee was impr...
Verse Acts 25:18. _THEY BROUGHT NONE ACCUSATION OF SUCH THINGS AS I_ _SUPPOSED_] It was natural for Festus, at the first view of things, to suppose that Paul must be guilty of some very atrocious cri...
NONE ACCUSATION ... - No charge as I expected of a breach of the peace; of a violation of the Roman law; of atrocious crime. It was natural that Festus should suppose that they would accuse Paul of so...
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...
I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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...
AGAINST. Concerning. Greek. _peri_, as in verses: Acts 25:9; Acts 25:15; Acts 25:16; Acts 9:19;...
_of such things as I supposed_ Following the authority of some ancient MSS. the _Rev. Ver._gives "of such evil things as, &c....
ΠΟΝΗΡΆΝ added at the end of the verse with AC. _Vulg_. ‘malum.’ See notes. 18. ΠΕΡῚ ΟὟ ΣΤΑΘΈΝΤΕΣ ΟἹ ΚΑΤΉΓΟΡΟΙ, _concerning whom the accusers when they stood up_. Or there may be the same sense in the...
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...
ΣΤΑΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΈΦΕΡΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΦΈΡΩ (G3527) приводить. _Impf._ указывает на повторяющиеся обвинения (RWP). ών _gen. pl._ rel. _pron. от_ ΌΣ...
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....
See notes on verse 14...
_ Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: _ Against ('around') whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such thing...
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...
οὐδ. αἰτίαν ἐπέφ.: classical, _cf._ Thuc., v., 76; Herod., i., 26, so in Polyb. and Jos., but see critical note. αἰτίαν : _criminis delatio, accusatio_, and so in Acts 25:27; see for various meanings...
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...
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...
− 18._They laid no such crime to his charge. _I marvel why Festus doth say, that there was no such crime objected to Paul as he supposed, seeing he was accused of sedition; but we may again conjecture...
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...
AGAINST WHOM WHEN THE ACCUSERS STOOD UP,.... As they were obliged to do, whilst they were exhibiting their charges, bearing their testimonies, and producing their proofs; Acts 25:7. THEY BROUGHT NONE...
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: Ver. 18. _Of such things as I supposed_] They accused Paul of sedition; but because they failed in...
_Against whom, when the accusers stood up_ And offered what they had to say; _they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed_ From the general clamour they had made against him, as a sediti...
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...
THEREFORE WHEN THEY HAD COME TOGETHER, WITHOUT ANY DELAY, THE NEXT DAY I SAT ON THE JUDGMENT SEAT AND COMMANDED THE MAN TO BE BROUGHT IN. 18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusations ag...
The charges brought against Paul caught Festus completely off guard....
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...
For Festus, knowing how Paul had been prosecuted by the Jews before Felix, and what charge they had been at, and what journeys they had made about him, could not think less than that he was a capital...
Acts 25:18 accusers G2725 up G2476 (G5685) brought G2018 (G5707) no G3762 accusation G156 against G40
“Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed, but had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, who...
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 25:18. AGAINST WHOM, WHEN THE ACCUSERS STOOD UP, THEY BROUGHT NONE ACCUSATIONS OF SUCH THINGS AS I SUPPOSED. The intenseness of feeling with which the Jews pressed Festus in the matter of the tri...
BROUGHT (εφερον). Imperfect active of φερω, referring to their repeated charges.OF SUCH EVIL THINGS AS I SUPPOSED (ων εγω υπενοουν πονηρων). Incorporation of the antecedent πονηρων into the relati...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:18 BROUGHT NO CHARGE... OF SUCH EVILS AS I SUPPOSED. Festus concludes that Paul had broken no Roman laws. To Festus, this was merely a religious dispute....
_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...
Stood up [σ τ α θ ε ν τ ε ς]. See on Luke 18:11; Luke 19:8....
Such things as I supposed — From their passion and vehemence....