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Verse Acts 25:19. _QUESTIONS - OF THEIR OWN SUPERSTITION_] Περι
της ιδιας δειδιδαιμονιας; _Questions concerning
their own religion_. _Superstition_ meant something as _bad_ among the
Romans as it doe...
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BUT HAD CERTAIN QUESTIONS - Certain inquiries, or litigated and
disputed subjects; certain points of dispute in which they differed -
ζητήματα τινα zētēmata tina.
OF THEIR OWN SUPERSTITION - δεισιδ...
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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...
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AGRIPPA AND BERNICE: INTEREST OF AGRIPPA IN PAUL. Agrippa was
seventeen years old when his father died (Acts 12:23). He obtained
from Claudius and Nero certain territories in the N. of Palestine, but...
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I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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When some days had elapsed, Agrippa, the king, and Bernice came to
Caesarea to welcome Festus. As they were staying there for some time,
Festus referred Paul's case to the king. "There is a man", he s...
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QUESTIONS. Greek. _zetema._ See Acts 15:2.
AGAINST. Greek. _pros._ App-104.
SUPERSTITION. religion. Greek. _deisidaimonia._ Compare Acts 17:22.
Festus would not say "superstition" in speaking to Agr...
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_of their own superstition_[_R. V._religion]. The noun used here is
cognate to the adjective employed by St Paul in speaking to the
Athenians (Acts 17:22). It is a term which might be employed by any...
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ΠΕΡῚ ΤΗ͂Σ ἸΔΊΑΣ ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΊΑΣ,
_concerning their own religion_. Cf. St Paul’s use of the cognate
adjective, when he was speaking to the Athenians. The word is one
which might be employed without offe...
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FESTUS CONSULTS KING AGRIPPA ABOUT HIS PRISONER. AGRIPPA WISHES TO
HEAR PAUL’S DEFENCE...
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_KING AGRIPPA LEARNED ABOUT PAUL ACTS 25:13-21:_ King Agrippa and
Bernice came to Caesarea to visit Festus. After they had been there
for several days Festus told King Agrippa about the charges agains...
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ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΊΑ (G1175) боязнь или
почтение по отношению к божеству,
суеверие, религия (BAGD; TLNT; EDNT).
ΕΊΧΟΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Acts 25:16.
ΤΕΘΝΗΚΌΤΟΣ _perf. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΘΝΉΣΚΩ
(G234...
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OF THEIR OWN SUPERSTITION,— _Of their own religion._ See on ch. Acts
17:22. As Agrippa was a Jew, and now come to pay a visit of respect to
Festus on his arrival at his province, it is improbable that...
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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....
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See notes on verse 14...
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But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and
of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
But had certain questions against him of their own superstition -
ra...
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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...
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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...
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CERTAIN QUESTIONS AGAINST HIM OF THEIR OWN SUPERSTITION. — The word
is of the same import as that used by St. Paul in Acts 17:22 (where
see Note), and the use here shows its comparatively neutral char...
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ζητήματα … τινα : plural contemptuously (Weiss).
δεισιδαιμονίας, see on Acts 17:22, “religion,” R.V.:
in addressing a Jewish king Felix would not have used the term
offensively, especially when we con...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(5) But had certain questions against him of their own (d)
superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to
be alive.
(5) The profane and wicked take an occasion to condemn the t...
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_Their own superstition. [3] Their particular religion, and manner of
worshipping their God. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
De sua superstitione, _Greek: peri tes idias deisidaimonias._...
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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...
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And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to
salute Festus. (14) And when they had been there many days, Festus
declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain...
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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...
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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...
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BUT HAD CERTAIN QUESTIONS AGAINST HIM OF THEIR OWN SUPERSTITION,....
Or religion; as about their law, which they said Paul had spoke
against; and about their temple, which they pretended he had pollut...
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But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and
of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Ver. 19. _But had certain questions_] See how basely this profane
fe...
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_Against whom, when the accusers stood up_ And offered what they had
to say; _they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed_
From the general clamour they had made against him, as a sediti...
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Worldly politicians, high in office and clothed with great pomp and
power, often think and speak very lightly of events into which angels
desire to look, which fill heaven with rapture, and will be th...
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AGRIPPA AND BERNICE IN CAESAREA.
Festus lays the matter before Agrippa:...
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BUT HAD CERTAIN QUESTIONS AGAINST HIM OF THEIR OWN SUPERSTITION, AND
OF ONE JESUS, WHICH WAS DEAD, WHOM PAUL AFFIRMED TO BE ALIVE....
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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...
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THEREFORE WHEN THEY HAD COME TOGETHER, WITHOUT ANY DELAY, THE NEXT DAY
I SAT ON THE JUDGMENT SEAT AND COMMANDED THE MAN TO BE BROUGHT IN.
18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusations ag...
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"To Festus' surprise and perplexity, the accusations appeared mainly
to center round disputed points of Jewish religion, with particular
reference to 'one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be...
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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...
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SUPERSTITION; so this heathen governor profanely calls the religion
and worship of God's own institution, and that in the presence of
Agrippa and Bernice, who were both Jews, or, at least, brought up...
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“Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge
of such evil things as I supposed, but had certain questions against
him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, who...
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FESTUS CALLS ON AGRIPPA'S ASSISTANCE IN FORMULATING A CASE AND PAUL
GIVES HIS TESTIMONY TO THEM BOTH (25:13-26:23).
Festus now condemns himself by admitting that he has no charge to
bring against Pau...
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Acts 25:19. BUT HAD CERTAIN QUESTIONS AGAINST HIM OF THEIR OWN
SUPERSTITION. The English word ‘superstition,' like the adjective
used in chap. Acts 17:22, utterly fails to represent the Greek
δεισιδαι...
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BUT HAD
(δε ειχον). Descriptive imperfect active of εχω and δε of
contrast (but).CONCERNING THEIR OWN RELIGION
(περ της ιδιας δεισιδαιμονιας). See on Acts
17:22 for discussion of this word. Festu...
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Acts 25:19
I. It was essentially the worldliness of Festus which made him regard
the resurrection of Christ as an idle superstition. Let us begin by
inquiring in what that worldliness consisted. World...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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KING AGRIPPA AND BERNICE. This is Herod Agrippa II and his sister
Bernice. Drusilla, the wife of Festus, was also their sister. This man
became king when his father, Herod Agrippa I died (Acts 12:23)....
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_One Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive._
CHRIST ALIVE, A SUBJECT OF DEBATE
I. Why was Christ, of all persons, the subject of so much observation
and debate?
1. Because He claime...
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_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...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 25:13. AFTER CERTAIN DAYS, or _certain days having gone by_; how
many is unknown. AGRIPPA THE KING was Herod Agrippa II., the son of
Agrippa I., mentioned in Acts 12:1; Acts 12...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:14; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Acts
1:22;...
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Superstition [δ ε ι σ ι δ α ι μ ο ν ι α ς]. See on ch.
Acts 17:22. Better, religion, as Rev. As Agrippa was a Jew by
religion, Festus would not have insulted him by applying the word
superstition to h...
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But had certain questions — How coldly does he mention the things of
the last importance! And about one Jesus — Thus does Festus speak of
Him, to whom every knee shall bow! Whom Paul affirmed to be al...