Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
Ver. 5. That are able] Or well appointed, well provided of moneys and other necessaries for such an enterprise. He that prosecutes another need be well underlaid.
Verse Acts 25:5. _LET THEM - WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE_] οι δυνατοι, _Those_ _who have authority_; for so is this word often used by good Greek authors, and by _Josephus_. Festus seems to have said: ...
WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE - Enjoy all the advantages of just trial, and exhibit your accusations with all the learning and talent in your power. This was all that they could reasonably ask at his hands...
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...
I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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...
AMONG. Greek. _en_. App-104. GO DOWN WITH. Greek. _sunkatabaino._ Only here. ACCUSE. Greek. _kategoreo._ See note on Acts 22:30. MAN. Greek. _aner_. App-123. The texts read, "if there be anything i...
_Let them therefore … which among you are able R. V._"which are of power among you." The words of Festus do not refer to whether some of them could go to Cæsarea or not, but to the character of those...
ἌΤΟΠΟΝ after ἈΝΔΡῚ with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘crimen.’ 5. ΟἹ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν … ΔΥΝΑΤΟΊ, _let them which are of power among you_. The words of Festus do not refer to whether some of them could go to Cæsarea...
Acts 25:1-12. ARRIVAL OF FESTUS. PAUL’S CAUSE HEARD BEFORE HIM. PAUL APPEALS TO THE EMPEROR...
_THE JEWS DESIRED TO KILL PAUL ACTS 25:1-6:_ Nero, the Roman emperor, made Festus governor of Judea. Judea was a Roman province._ _ Three days after Festus became governor, he traveled from Caesarea t...
ΟΊ ΈΝ ΎΜΪΝ ΔΥΝΑΤΟΊ люди, облеченные властью или влиятельные люди среди вас. Эта фраза часто относится к иудейекой знати. Слово ΔΥΝΑΤΟΊ может предполагать красноречие, а также престижность положения (L...
d. Festus visits Jerusalem. Acts 25:1-6 a. Acts 25:1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. Acts 25:2 And the chief priests and the p...
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Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, [hoi ( G3588) du...
17 To a man like Felix the accusation that Paul belonged to the sect of the Nazarenes would have little in it to incriminate him. And Paul, with marvelous wisdom, answers all that might be said agains...
25:5 man, (a-20) Or 'if there be anything amiss in the man.'...
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...
LET THEM... WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE. — The adjective is probably used, as in 1 Corinthians 1:26; Revelation 6:15, in the sense of “powerful,” “chief,” rather than as specifically referring to their b...
φησί : change to the _oratio recta_, _cf._ Acts 1:4. For other instances of the insertion of the single words ἔφη or φησίν, rare in N. T., see Simcox, _Language of the New Testament_, p. 200; _cf._ Ac...
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...
_Among you that are able. [1] It may signify, such as are powerful among you, or such as are able by health, and willing. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Qui potentes estis, _Greek: oi dunatoi en umin._...
_“Let those who are influential among you coming down prefer charges, if there is anything criminal in the man.”_ In a few days Festus returns to Caesarea and the high priest, accompanied by his cohor...
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,...
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. (2) Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, (3)...
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...
− 5._Those, therefore. _It is in the Greek word for word, [literally] Those who are mighty or able; yet he meaneth those who can conveniently. Also, we may easily conjecture, that they did object the...
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...
LET THEM THEREFORE, SAID HE, WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE,.... Who are at leisure, can spare time, and to whom it will be convenient, without interrupting other business, to take such a journey; and who a...
_But Festus_ Knowing their design; _answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea_ So Festus's care to preserve the imperial privileges was the means of preserving Paul's life! By what invisible sprin...
ANY WICKEDNESS; if he has committed any crime....
PAUL APPEALS TO CAESAR. Acts 25:1 The hearing before Festus arranged:...
LET 'THEM THEREFORE, SAID HE, WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE GO DOWN WITH ME AND ACCUSE THIS MAN, IF THERE BE ANY WICKEDNESS IN HIM. Porcius Festus, the new procurator of Palestine, is spoken of in terms of...
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, " HE SAID, " LET THOSE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY AMONG YOU GO DOWN WITH ME AND ACCUSE THIS MAN TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY FAULT IN HIM. " 1. They were welcome to travel with Festus as he returned t...
Acts 25:4-5 Festus rejects the Jewish offer and responds that he will hear Paul's case and the Jewish leaders can travel to Caesarea and present their case. "Although Festus was. more conciliatory cha...
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...
WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE; fit to prosecute Paul in your behalf; as Tertullus was, whom the Jews had carried with them formerly, ACTS 24:1. GO DOWN WITH ME; because Jerusalem was in a mountainous part...
Acts 25:5 Therefore G3767 said G5346 (G5748) authority G1415 among G1722 you G5213 with G4782 (G5631) accuse...
‘Let those therefore, says he, who are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.' He pointed out that if they had any charge that they wished...
THE JEWS PLAN TO AMBUSH PAUL, AN ATTEMPT WHICH IS THWARTED BY FESTUS' INSISTENCE ON TRYING HIM IN CAESAREA (25:1-5). Festus' first aim on arrival in office was to put things to rights. The result was...
Acts 25:5. LET THEM THEREFORE, SAID HE, WHICH AMONG YOU ARE ABLE, GO DOWN WITH ME. Bengel suggests that the expression, ‘which among you are able,' signifies ‘those among you which are able to perform...
THEM THEREFORE WHICH ARE OF POWER AMONG YOU (ο ουν εν υμιν δυνατο). "The mighty ones among you," "the men of power" (δυνατο) and authority, "the first men," the Sanhedrin, in other words. Note chang...
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...
THREE DAYS AFTER FESTUS ARRIVED. He was the new governor of Judea. He went to Jerusalem to confer with the Jewish leaders. BROUGHT THEIR CHARGES. The Jewish leaders wanted Paul transferred to Jerusale...
_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....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 25:1. HAVING COME INTO THE PROVINCE, or _having entered upon his province—i.e._, his procuratorship (see on Acts 23:18)—Festus, after three days, ASCENDED, or _went up_ (contra...
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...
1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 24:12; Acts 18:14; Acts 23:30; Acts 24:8;...
Let those of you who are able — Who are best able to undertake the journey, and to manage the cause. If there be any wickedness in him — So he does not pass sentence before he hears the cause....