My lord; Nero, the present emperor, whose deputy Festus was in this province; though some of the former emperors refused this name, as savouring of too much arbitratiness, the latter did accept of it. Specially before thee; Agrippa, being brought up in the knowledge of the Jewish law, though it was not his business to judge Paul's case, yet he might instruct and inform the judge about it.
ACTS 25:24-26 evnqa,de After evnqa,de the Western text, preserved in the margin of the Harclean Syriac, and partially supported by a few other witnesses, adds the following, as reconstructed by A. C....
Verse Acts 25:26. _I HAVE NO CERTAIN THING TO WRITE_] Nothing alleged against him has been substantiated. _UNTO MY LORD_] The title κυριος, _Dominus, Lord_, both _Augustus_ and _Tiberius_ had absolu...
OF WHOM - Respecting his character, opinions, and manner of life; and respecting the charges against him. NO CERTAIN THING - Nothing definite and well established. They had not accused Paul of any cr...
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...
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...
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...
I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
NO. not (Greek. _ou)_ any (Gr _tis)_. App-123. CERTAIN. sure. See note on Acts 21:34. LORD. Greek. _kurios._ Compare App-98. This title was refused by the Emperors, Augustus and Tiberius, but accept...
Assembly of the Court and address of Festus...
_unto my lord_ Octavianus by an edict forbade the title "Lord" to be given to him. The practice had its rise from parasites. But you find "Dominus" often used in Pliny's letters to Trajan. So that not...
ΤΊ ΓΡΆΨΩ with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘quid scribam.’ 26. ΤΩ͂Ι ΚΥΡΊΩΙ, _to my lord_. Octavianus by an edict forbade the title ‘Lord’ to be given to him. The practice had its rise from parasites; but you find ‘...
ASSEMBLY OF THE COURT, AND ADDRESS OF FESTUS....
_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...
ΑΣΦΑΛΉΣ (G804) точный, несомненный, определенный, ΓΡΆΨΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Inf._ в роли _obj._ или эпэкз. _inf._, раскрывающий смысл ΆΣΦΑΛΈΣ. ΠΡΟΉΓΑΓΟΝ _aor. ind. act. 1 per...
UNTO MY LORD,— The term, Τω κυριω, plainly signifies _to the lord_ of the empire; a title by which it is well known the emperor was now frequently spoken of. Festus knew very well the account which Fe...
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 23...
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to w...
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...
TO WRITE UNTO MY LORD. — The Greek corresponds to the title of “Dominus,” which, though declined by Augustus and Tiberius (Sueton. _Octav._ c. 53; _Tiber._ c. 27), had been assumed by Caligula and Ner...
ἀσφαλές τι γράψαι, _Dig._, xlix., 6. “Post appellationem interpositam litteræ dandæ sunt ab eo, a quo appellatum est, ad eum qui de appellatione cogniturus est, sive principem, sive quem alium, quas l...
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...
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my (f) lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat...
To my lord. This was a title the emperors afterwards took, but which Augustus and Tiberius are said by Pliny, in his epistle to Trajan, and by Tertullian, to have refused, as too assuming and too high...
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 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...
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...
− 26._That after examination had. _We cannot tell whether the governor, in acquitting Paul before them, doth seek by this policy to entice him to let his appeal fall. For it was a thing credible that...
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...
OF WHOM I HAVE NO CERTAIN THING,.... No certain crime, charge, or accusation; nothing of any moment or consequence, no particular thing, nothing but a heap of confused notions, of I know not who or wh...
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to w...
_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...
NO CERTAIN THING; no crime to allege, or accusation to specify. SOMEWHAT; something definite....
Paul presented before Agrippa:...
OF WHOM I HAVE NO CERTAIN THING TO WRITE UNTO MY LORD. WHEREFORE I HAVE BROUGHT HIM FORTH BEFORE YOU, AND SPECIALLY BEFORE THEE, O KING AGRIPPA, THAT, AFTER EXAMINATION HAD, I MIGHT HAVE SOMEWHAT TO W...
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 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...
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...
Acts 25:26 have G2192 (G5719) nothing G3756 G5100 certain G804 write G1125 (G5658) lord G2962 concerning...
Acts 25:26. OF WHOM I HAVE NO CERTAIN THING TO WRITE UNTO MY LORD. It was the rule in these cases of appeal from the provincial magistrate to the supreme court at Rome, to transmit a detailed account...
NO CERTAIN THING (ασφαλες τι--ου). Nothing definite or reliable (α privative, σφαλλω, to trip). All the charges of the Sanhedrin slipped away or were tripped up by Paul. Festus confesses that he had...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:23 Of Paul’s three “defense” speeches (chs. Acts 22:1; Acts 24:1;...
_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...
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 26:2; Acts 26:3...
Lord [κ υ ρ ι ω]. An instance of Luke's accuracy. The title "Lord" was refused by the first two emperors, Augustus and Tiberius. The emperors who followed accepted it. In the time of Domitian it was a...