Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
Ver. 12. Hast thou appealed, &c.] Elegans loquendi forma, saith Piscator: such as are those, 1Co 7:18; 1 Corinthians 7:21; 1Co 7:27 Romans 13:3. A cutted kind of speech, say others, savouring of discontent.
Verse Acts 25:12. _CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL_] From this circumstance, we may learn that the appeal of Paul to Caesar was _conditional_; else Festus could not have deliberated with his council wheth...
WHEN HE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL - With his associate judges, or with those who were his counselors in the administration of justice. They were made up of the chief persons, probably military as...
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...
TRIAL BEFORE FESTUS. Of Festus little is known, but nothing unfavourable. Here he appears as a conscientious magistrate, who keeps everyone in his proper place and does not allow the course of justice...
Three days after he had entered into his province, Festus went up to Jerusalem. The chief priests and the chief men of the Jews laid information before him against Paul. They urged him, asking a favou...
I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
CONFERRED. Greek. _sullaleo._ Only here; Matthew 17:3.Mark 9:4.Luke 4:36; Luke 9:30; Luke 2
_when he had conferred with the council_ Having taken the opinion of those who sat as assessors with him. Such persons would be specially needed for a new governor, and the governors of Judæa were cha...
ΣΥΛΛΑΛΉΣΑΣ ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΊΟΥ, _having conferred with the council_. Having taken the opinion of those who sat as assessors with him. Such persons would be specially needed for a new governor, and th...
Acts 25:1-12. ARRIVAL OF FESTUS. PAUL’S CAUSE HEARD BEFORE HIM. PAUL APPEALS TO THE EMPEROR...
_PAUL APPEALED TO CAESAR ACTS 25:7-12:_ As soon as Paul was brought into the court the Jewish leaders crowded around him and laid many and grievous complaints against him. These were complaints which...
ΣΥΛΛΑΛΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΣΥΛΛΑΛΕΩ (G4814) говорить, обсуждать, ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 25:4. ΈΠΙΚΈΚΛΗΣΑΙ _perf. ind. med. (dep.) 2 pers. sing., см._ Acts 25:11. _Perf._ указывае...
THEN FESTUS, WHEN HE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL,— It was customary for a considerable number of persons of some distinction to attend the Roman praefects into their provinces, with whom they were...
e. Paul's trial, defence and appeal to Caesar. Acts 25:6 b - Acts 25:12. Acts 25:6 b he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought....
12. This appeal put an end to the trial, as it did to the murderous hopes of Paul's enemies. (12) "_Then Festus, having conferred with his council, answered, You have appealed to Cæsar; to Cæsar you s...
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. THEN FESTUS - little expecting such an appeal, but bound to respect it, Whe...
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...
HAST THOU APPEALED UNTO CÆSAR? UNTO Cæsar shalt thou go. — There is obviously something like a sneer in the procurator’s acceptance of St. Paul’s decision. He knew, it may be, better than the Apostle...
μετὰ τοῦ συμβ., _i.e._, his assessors, _assessores consiliarii_, with whom the procurators were wont to consult in the administration of the law. They were probably composed, in part at all events, of...
GRANTING APPEAL TO CAESAR Acts 25:1 How inveterately must these Jews have hated Paul, when after two years they still thirsted for his blood! It would never have done for the trial to be transferred...
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...
Paul's Appeal to Caesar After only three days in the province, Porcius Festus went to Jerusalem. There, the high priest and some of the members of the Sanhedrin approached him about bringing Paul up t...
_“Then Festus, speaking with the assembly_ [_i. e_., privately taking council with them], _responded, Thou hast appealed to Caesar; unto Caesar thou shalt go.”_ Here we have a finale of the aspiration...
PAUL'S APPEAL TO CAESAR 1-12. Festus, the successor of Felix in the governorship of Judea, like Lysias, the kiliarch of Jerusalem, shows up a very beautiful character in all of his dealings with Paul,...
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. (7) And when he was come, the Jews which...
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...
− 12._Festus having talked with the council _The governors did use to have certain of the chief citizens which did attend upon them, and sat with them in judgment, that they might decree nothing witho...
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 FESTUS, WHEN HE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL,.... Not with the Jewish sanhedrim, or any part of it that came down on this occasion; but with Roman counsellors, which he had to assist him in jud...
_But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure_ To ingratiate himself with them by a popular action, at the beginning of his government; to gratify the prosecutors rather than the prisoner, as far as...
THE COUNCIL; his own council, with whom he was accustomed to advise in the administration of justice. The original Greek has a different word here from that applied to the Jewish council, or Sanhedrin...
Paul's appeal:...
THEN FESTUS, WHEN HE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL, ANSWERED, HAST THOU APPEALED UNTO CAESAR? UNTO CAESAR SHALT THOU GO. Evidently the Jews, with the persistence that characterizes them, had not quit...
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...
THEN FESTUS, WHEN HE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL, ANSWERED, " YOU HAVE APPEALED TO CAESAR? TO CAESAR YOU SHALL GO. " 1. Festus is thrown for a loop. What does he do now? 2. He confers with the co...
Festus accepts Paul's appeal....
1-12 See how restless malice is. Persecutors deem it a peculiar favour to have their malice gratified. Preaching Christ, the end of the law, was no offence against the law. In suffering times the pru...
CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL; either of the Jews, and those of the sanhedrim, that he might inform them of the law or custom of the Romans, and how that he could not but admit of St. Paul's appeal; or w...
12. This appeal put an end to the trial, as it did to the murderous hopes of Paul's enemies. (12) "_ Then Festus, having conferred with his council, answered, You have appealed to Cæsar; to Cæsar you...
Acts 25:12 Then G5119 Festus G5347 conferred G4814 (G5660) with G3326 council G4824 answered G611 (G5662) appealed...
‘Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.” ' Festus was probably relieved to be saved from a difficult dilemma. On the one h...
PAUL APPEARS BEFORE FESTUS AND IS COMPELLED TO APPEAL TO CAESAR. TO ROME HE WILL GO (25:6-12)....
Acts 25:12. THEN FESTUS, WHEN HE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL. The council here referred to was not the members of the Sanhedrim then present at Cæsarea, but certain officials whom Suetonius calls _...
WHEN HE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE COUNCIL (συνλαλησας μετα του συμβουλιου). The word συμβουλιον in the N.T. usually means "counsel" as in Matthew 12:14, but here alone as an assembly of counsellors or...
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...
WHEN PAUL ARRIVED. The accused had to face his accusers. This was Roman law. MANY SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST HIM. The Jewish leaders had probably come along with Festus back to Caesarea. Their accusations...
_The Jews laid many and grievous complaints against Paul._ THE NOBLE FIRMNESS OF THE CHRISTIAN IN THE MAINTENANCE OF HIS RIGHTS It is different-- I. From the effrontery of the hypocrite; for the Ch...
_Now when Festus was come into the province._ THE CHRISTIAN IN REFERENCE TO CHANGES OF GOVERNMENT Kings may die and governors be changed, but Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:12 In difficult or unusual cases, Roman administrators usually consulted an advisory board or COUNCIL of high-ranking officials. ⇐
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 25:6. MORE THAN TEN DAYS.—According to the most reliable authorities this should be _not more than eight or ten days_. Acts 25:7. The MANY AND GRIEVOUS COMPLAINTS, or charges,...
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 19:21; Acts 23:11; Acts 25:21; Acts 26:32; Acts 27:1;...
The council. A body of men chosen by the governor himself from the principal Romans of the province. These were called assessors, sometime friends, sometimes captains. Though a Roman citizen had the r...
The council — It was customary for a considerable number of persons of distinction to attend the Roman governors. These constituted a kind of council, with whom they frequently advised....