Acts 25:5

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 or not, but to the character of those who should go down, that they should be men of influence and character, such as would fitly represent the powerful body who appealed to him.

συγκαταβάντες, going down with me. For they were evidently wealthy persons, whose companionship on the journey might be no discredit to the governor. Festus was no doubt willing to conciliate the influential people in the nation, though he had refused to break through a regulation of his predecessor at their request.

εἴ τι ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ�, if there is anything amiss in the man. For ἄτοπον in this sense cf. Luke 23:41; also LXX. Job 36:21; Proverbs 30:20; 2Ma 14:23, καὶ ἔπραττεν οὐθὲν ἄτοπον ‘and he did no hurt’ (A.V.).