Darby's translation notes (1890)
Acts 25:10
25:10 knowest. (b-31) Or 'thou knowest better than that;' that is, than to say, 'wilt thou go up to Jerusalem and be judged?'
25:10 knowest. (b-31) Or 'thou knowest better than that;' that is, than to say, 'wilt thou go up to Jerusalem and be judged?'
Verse Acts 25:10. _I STAND AT CAESAR'S JUDGMENT SEAT_] Every procurator represented the person of the emperor in the province over which he presided; and, as the seat of government was at Caesarea, a...
THEN SAID PAUL ... - The reasons why Paul declined the proposal to be tried at Jerusalem are obvious. He had experienced so much violent persecution from his countrymen, and their minds were so full o...
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)...
STAND. am standing. AT. before. Greek. _epi_, as above. TO, &C. = the Jews. wronged (Greek. _adikeo._ See Acts 7:24) in nothing (Greek. _oudei_ s). THOU. thou also. Festus admitted this in verses: A...
_I stand at Cesar's judgment seat_ Better (with _Rev. Ver._) "I am standing before Cæsar's judgment seat." This represents more nearly the sense of the original, which implies, "I have been and am sta...
ἘΠῚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΒΉΜΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΊΣΑΡΟΣ ἙΣΤΏΣ ΕἸΜΙ, _I am standing before Cæsar’s judgment seat_. The Roman authorities had taken charge of him and had kept him in custody for two years. Of this he reminds the gove...
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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 25:9. ΈΣΤΏΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять. Part, с ΕΊΜΊ в перифр. обороте (VA, 483-84). ΟΎ (G3757) где. ΔΕΙ (G1163) _praes. ind. act._ с _inf._ необход...
I STAND AT CAESAR'S JUDGMENT-SEAT,— Where St. Paul says, _as thou very well knowest,_ he may either refer to the examination of him that day taken before him, or more probably to the information which...
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....
10, 11. The purpose of the Jews was well understood by Paul. He remembered the purpose of the similar request preferred before Claudius Lysias, and perceived that his only safety was in frustrating th...
THEN SAID PAUL, I STAND AT CAESAR'S JUDGMENT SEAT, WHERE I OUGHT TO BE JUDGED: TO THE JEWS HAVE I DONE NO WRONG, AS THOU VERY WELL KNOWEST. Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's judgment seat - i:e.,...
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 STAND AT CÆSAR’S JUDGMENT SEAT. — The Greek verb is given in a peculiar form, which carries with it the meaning of, _I am standing, and have stood all along_... He, as a Roman citizen, claimed the r...
ἑστώς εἰμι : “I am standing,” used rhetorically, Blass, _Gram._, p. 198; on the position of ἑστ. see critical note. Καίσαρος : because the procurator was the representative of Cæsar: “quæ acta gestaqu...
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...
St. Paul, seeing Festus only sought a plea to get rid of his cause, by putting it into the hands of the Sanhedrim, appeals to Cæsar. According to the ordinary rules of jurisprudence, appeals are only...
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...
− 10._I stand at Caesar’s judgment-seat. _Because Paul seeth that he is betrayed into the hands of the Jews through the ambition of the governor, he objecteth the privilege of the city of Rome. He had...
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 SAID PAUL, I STAND AT CAESAR'S JUDGMENT SEAT,.... Not that here was a seat in the judgment hall built by Herod for Caesar himself to sit in, should he ever come there, as some have thought; but t...
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. Ver. 10. _I stand at Coesar's judgment seat_] We may safely...
_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...
CAESAR'S JUDGMENT - SEAT; the Roman tribunal, before which he then was. Of course there was no good reason why he should go to Jerusalem....
THEN SAID PAUL, I STAND AT CAESAR'S JUDGMENT-SEAT, WHERE I OUGHT TO BE JUDGED. TO THE JEWS HAVE I DONE NO WRONG, AS THOU VERY WELL KNOWEST....
Paul's appeal:...
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...
SO PAUL SAID, " I STAND AT CAESAR'S JUDGMENT SEAT, WHERE I OUGHT TO BE JUDGED. TO THE JEWS I HAVE DONE NO WRONG, AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW. 1. Paul correctly responds with his legal right. Paul is in Cae...
"As you also very well know" Certainly Paul knew that. return to Jerusalem was dangerous for had already escaped one attempted assassination. Paul knew and understood the lengths that these Jews would...
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...
Paul might justly suspect his judges, and the place where they would have him judged, and also his journey thither, knowing with what difficulty, and not without a great guard, he came from thence. I...
10, 11. The purpose of the Jews was well understood by Paul. He remembered the purpose of the similar request preferred before Claudius Lysias, and perceived that his only safety was in frustrating th...
Acts 25:10 So G1161 Paul G3972 said G2036 (G5627) stand G1510 (G5748) G2476 (G5761) at...
‘But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you also very well know. If then I am a wrongdoer, and have committed any...
PAUL APPEARS BEFORE FESTUS AND IS COMPELLED TO APPEAL TO CAESAR. TO ROME HE WILL GO (25:6-12)....
Acts 25:10. THEN SAID PAUL, I STAND AT CÆSAR'S JUDGMENT SEAT. And the prisoner's reply was decisive. Paul felt that there was no hope of justice for him if he pleaded before the Sanhedrim. Perhaps he...
I AM STANDING BEFORE CAESAR'S JUDGMENT-SEAT (Hεστως επ του βηματος Καισαρος ειμ). Periphrastic present perfect indicative (εστως ειμ), second perfect participle εστως of ιστημ (intransitive). Paul...
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 25:9 Paul feared Festus would GIVE him UP to the Jews. As a Roman citizen he had the right to appeal his case to CAESAR. He exercised that right in order to take the ma
_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...
2 Corinthians 4:2; Acts 16:37; Acts 16:38; Acts 22:25; Acts 23:29;...
Very well [κ α λ λ ι ο ν]. The force of the comparative should be preserved : "thou knowest better than thy question implies....
I am standing at Cesar's judgment seat — For all the courts of the Roman governors were held in the name of the emperor, and by commission from him. No man can give me up — He expresses it modestly: t...