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Verse Acts 25:4. _FESTUS ANSWERED, THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT
CAESAREA_] It is truly astonishing that Festus should refuse this
favour to the heads of the Jewish nation, which, to those who were not...
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BUT FESTUS ANSWERED ... - What induced Festus to refuse their request
is not known. It is probable, however, that he was apprised that Paul
was a Roman citizen, and that his case could not come before...
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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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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...
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I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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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...
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ANSWERED. App-122.
KEPT. Greek. _tereo_.
AT. in. Greek. _eis_. App-104.
SHORTLY. Literally in (Greek. _en)_ speed....
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_But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept_, &c. This hardly gives
the force of the original, which is better rendered in the _Rev.
Ver._, "that Paul was kept in charge at Cæsarea." The governor's...
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ἈΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ ΤΗΡΕΙ͂ΣΘΑΙ ΤῸΝ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΝ ΕἸΣ
ΚΑΙΣΆΡΕΙΑΝ, _he answered that Paul was kept in charge at
Cæsarea_. The governor’s position was that the prisoner had been
placed by his predecessor in a certain sta...
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Acts 25:1-12. ARRIVAL OF FESTUS. PAUL’S CAUSE HEARD BEFORE HIM. PAUL
APPEALS TO THE EMPEROR...
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_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...
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FESTUS ANSWERED— It certainly was extraordinary that Festus, who, as
a new governor and a heathen, could not but incline to make himself
popular, should deny this request, when it had the appearance o...
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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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See notes on verse 1...
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But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he
himself would depart shortly thither.
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept ('in custody') "at
Cesarea, and that he hims...
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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...
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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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μὲν οὖν : no antithesis expressed; but Rendall, Appendix on
μὲν οὖν, _Acts_, p. 162, holds that two phases of events are
here contrasted: Festus refused to bring Paul away from Cæsarea, but
he underto...
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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...
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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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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...
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It would appear, from their first request being peremptorily denied
them, how little solicitous their governors were to please them. The
successors of Felix and Festus were not better disposed than th...
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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,...
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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)...
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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 FESTUS ANSWERED, THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CAESAREA,.... Or that
he was kept there, and was in proper custody, under the care of a
centurion, and should continue there; nor was there any reason...
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But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he
himself would depart shortly _thither_.
Ver. 4. _That Paul should be kept, &c._] How easily can God defeat the
most cunning cont...
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_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...
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BUT FESTUS ANSWERED THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CAESAREA, AND THAT HE
HIMSELF WOULD DEPART SHORTLY THITHER....
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PAUL APPEALS TO CAESAR. Acts 25:1
The hearing before Festus arranged:...
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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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BUT FESTUS ANSWERED THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CAESAREA, AND THAT HE
HIMSELF WAS GOING THERE SHORTLY.
1. Paul is now, and has been for 2 years, in Roman control. Festus was
not about to release that...
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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...
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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...
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It is most probable that Festus had been informed by Felix of the Jews
malice against Paul; for Felix having been accused by the Jews unto
the emperor, might be supposed to have recriminated wheresoev...
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Acts 25:4 But G3303 G3767 Festus G5347 answered G611 (G5662) Paul
G3972 kept G5083 (G5745) at...
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‘Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea,
and that he himself was about to depart there shortly.'
We do not know whether Festus was a little suspicious about this
request or...
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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...
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Acts 25:4. BUT FESTUS ANSWERED, THAT PAUL SHOULD BE KEPT AT CÆSAREA,
AND THAT HE HIMSELF WOULD DEPART SHORTLY THITHER. The original Greek
here somewhat changes the character of the governor's reply to...
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HOWBEIT
(μεν ουν). No antithesis expressed, though Page considers δε
in verse Acts 25:6 to be one. They probably argued that it was easier
for one man (Paul) to come to Jerusalem than for many to go...
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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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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...
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_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....
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:4 FESTUS unintentionally protected PAUL by
insisting that any hearing should take place in his headquarters at
CAESAREA....
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_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...
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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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Should be kept [τ η ρ ε ι σ θ α ι]. This puts it as a
peremptory denial of the Jews ' request by Festus; whereas it is only
his statement of a fact. Render, as Rev., that Paul was kept in
charge. Fest...
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But Festus answered — So Festus's care to preserve the imperial
privileges was the means of preserving Paul's life. By what invisible
springs does God govern the world! With what silence, and yet with...