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Acts 25:22
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
Verse Acts 25:22. _I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF_] A spirit of curiosity, similar to that of Herod, Luke 23:8. As Herod, the father of this Agrippa, had been so active an instrument in endeavouri...
THEN AGRIPPA SAID ... - Agrippa doubtless had heard much of the fame of Jesus, and of the new sect of Christians, and probably he was induced by mere curiosity to hear what Paul could say in explanati...
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)...
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...
WOULD ALSO. I also was wishing to (App-102.)...
_I would also hear the man myself] Rev. Ver_. "I also could wish [_marg_. was wishing] to hear, &c." The marginal rendering here given is the most literal and appears to bring out the meaning best. Wh...
ἔφη omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. has ‘dixit.’ ὁ δὲ omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. does not represent it. 22. ἘΒΟΥΛΌΜΗΝ ΚΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂�, _I was wishing_ [Rev. Ver. ‘could wish’] _also to hear the man myself...
FESTUS CONSULTS KING AGRIPPA ABOUT HIS PRISONER. AGRIPPA WISHES TO HEAR PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_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...
ΈΒΟΥΛΌΜΗΝ _impf. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 25:20. "Я бы хотел" с _inf._ (Bruce), ΑΎΤΌΣ (G846) сам. ΆΚΟΫΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, с _obj._ в _gen._ ΦΗΣΊ Ν _praes. ind. act., см....
I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF.— No doubt but Agrippa had learned from his father (by whom, it is to be remembered, St. James had been put to death, and St. Peter imprisoned, ch. Acts 12:2.), and fr...
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....
22. It is not probable that this was the first time that Agrippa had heard either of Paul or of Jesus. No doubt he had heard much of both, and had some curiosity to hear more. The singular circumstanc...
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear ('should like to hear) the man myself. No do...
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...
I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF. — Better, _I also was myself wishing;_ the phrase implying that the wish was not now formed for the first time....
ἐβουλόμην καὶ αὐτὸς : “I also was wishing to hear the man myself,” R.V., margin, imperfect, as of a wish entertained for some time; it was probable from Agrippa's position, and his official relationsh...
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...
(6) Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. (6) That is fulfilled in Paul which the Lord had told to Ananias about him; see (Acts 9:1...
Agrippa has the same curiosity of hearing Paul, as Herod formerly had of seeing Jesus. The apostle's name had, no doubt, become famous enough to reach the ears, and arrest the attention of Agrippa. Cu...
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...
− 22._I would also. _By this we may gather that Agrippa did so desire to hear Paul, that he was ashamed to make his desire known, lest Festus should think that he came for some other end than to salut...
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...
THEN AGRIPPA SAID TO FESTUS,.... After he had given him the above account: I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF; Agrippa being a Jew by profession, and knowing more of these things than Festus did, and v...
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. Ver. 22. _I would also hear the man_] More for his mind's sake, and to see what he would say...
_Then Agrippa said, I would also hear the man myself_ That I may learn from his own mouth what it is that he maintains, and on what principles he proceeds. This demand the king made because he was wel...
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...
Agrippa expresses interest in hearing Paul's case and Festus acts quickly, "tomorrow" you will hear him. Remember, this Herod was at the long line of. list of Herodian family members who had encounter...
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...
Agrippa being well acquainted with the Jewish religion, if not a Jew, could not but have heard of our Saviour, his doctrine, death, and resurrection; and yet makes this desire but out of curiosity; as...
22. It is not probable that this was the first time that Agrippa had heard either of Paul or of Jesus. No doubt he had heard much of both, and had some curiosity to hear more. The singular circumstanc...
Acts 25:22 Then G1161 Agrippa G67 said G5346 (G5713) to G4314 Festus G5347 also G2532 would G1014 ...
‘And Agrippa said to Festus, “I also could wish to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” says he, ‘You will hear him.” ' Agrippa, who probably discerned in all this a good deal more than Festus, knew the...
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...
_King Agrippa II. expresses a Desire to hear Paul himself The Apostle is brought before the King and his Sister and the Roman Festus_, 22-27. Acts 25:22. THEN AGRIPPA SAID UNTO FESTUS, I WOULD ALSO HE...
I ALSO COULD WISH (εβουλομην κα αυτος). The imperfect for courtesy, rather than the blunt βουλομα, I wish, I want. Literally, "I myself also was wishing" (while you were talking), a compliment to th...
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)....
_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...
_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...
Acts 9:15; Isaiah 52:15; Luke 21:12; Matthew 10:18...
Observe here, 1. King Agrippa's curosity to see and hear St. Paul: he was born and bred up amongst the Jews, and probably understood something of the Christian religion; and possibly had heard much of...