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Acts 25:2

The principal men

(ο πρωτο). The first men, the leading men of the city, besides the chief priests. In verse Acts 25:15 we have "the chief priests and the elders." These chief men among the Jews would desire to pay their respects to the new Procurator on his first visit to Jerusalem. There was another high priest now, Ishmael in place of Ananias.Informed him against Paul

(ενεφανισαν αυτω κατα του Παυλου). "This renewal of the charge after two years, on the very first opportunity, is a measure, not only of their unsleeping hatred, but of the importance which they attached to Paul's influence" (Furneaux).Besought

(παρεκαλουν). Imperfect active, kept on beseeching as a special favour to the Jews.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 25:2. _THE HIGH PRIEST - INFORMED HIM AGAINST PAUL_] They supposed that as Felix, to please them, on the _resignation_ of his government, had left Paul bound, so Festus, on the _assumption...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN THE HIGH PRIEST - The high priest at this time was Ismael, the son of Fabi. He had been promoted to that office by Agrippa (Josephus, _Antiq._, book 20, chapter 8, section 8). It is probable, how...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HIGH PRIEST. Greek. _archiereus._ The texts read "chief priests". CHIEF. first. INFORMED. Gr _emphanizo._ See Acts 23:15 and App-106. AGAINST. Greek. _kata._ App-104. BESOUGHT. were beseeching. Gr...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Then the high priest R. V._"And the chief priests." For the best MSS. give the plural. No doubt Ananias, as before, was the leader of the accusation, but he got others of his own class to support him...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 25:1-12. ARRIVAL OF FESTUS. PAUL’S CAUSE HEARD BEFORE HIM. PAUL APPEALS TO THE EMPEROR...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΟἹ� with אABCEL. _Vulg_. ‘principes sacerdotum.’ 2. ἘΝΕΦΆΝΙΣΆΝ ΤΕ, _and they informed_. The verb indicates that the proceedings here assumed a legal form. It was no mere mention in any irregular way,...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΝΕΦΆΝΙΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΜΦΑΝΊΖΩ (G1718) делать известным, выдвигать обвинения против (_см._ Acts 24:1). ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) ободрять, молить, побуждать....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 1...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, Then the high priest - `the chief priests' is clearly the true reading [ hoi (G3588) archiereis (G749)]. A...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS... — Some of the best MSS. give the plural, “the chief priests.” It is clear that they hoped to take advantage of the newness of Festus to his office. He...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐνεφάνισαν, _cf._ Acts 23:15; Acts 24:1 : here the context evidently implies that legal and formal information was laid against Paul. If we read οἱ ἀρχ., _cf._ Acts 4:5. οἱ πρῶτοι : sometimes taken as...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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)...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THE HIGH PRIEST,.... Ananias, as in Acts 23:2 the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental versions, read, "the chief priests", the whole college of the priests: AND THE...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, Ver. 2. _Informed him against Paul_] ενεφανισαν, they gave him private intelligence (so the word signifies,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When Festus was come into the province_ And had taken possession of the government; _after three days he ascended from Cesarea_ The usual residence of the Roman governors; _to Jerusalem_ The capital...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS INFORMED HIM AGAINST PAUL, AND BESOUGHT HIM,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PAUL APPEALS TO CAESAR. Acts 25:1 The hearing before Festus arranged:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF MEN OF THE JEWS INFORMED HIM AGAINST PAUL: AND THEY PETITIONED HIM. 1. Festus meets with the chief priest. Not because he is the religious leader of the Jews, but b...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "Brought charges against Paul" In two years that passed (Acts 24:27), the hatred towards Paul had not waned. The Jewish authorities immediately seek to persuade the new governor to bring Paul up to Je...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS; the same who are called the elders, in ACTS 24:1. INFORMED HIM AGAINST PAUL; continued their accusation and prosecution of Paul. So restless is the rage and enmity, the adversar...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 25:2 Then G1161 priest G749 and G2532 men G4413 Jews G2453 informed G1718 (G5656) him G846 against...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they besou...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 25:2. THEN THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE CHIEF OF THE JEWS INFORMED HIM AGAINST PAUL. Directly after his arrival at the seat of his new government, the procurator went up to the real capital of the pro...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 25:2 THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PRINCIPAL MEN probably refers to the Sanhedrin. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 24:1; Acts 25:15; Job 31:31; Proverbs 4:16; Romans 3:12...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Besought. The imperfect denotes their persistence : kept beseeching....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews appeared against Paul — In so long a time their rage was not cooled. So much louder a call had Paul to the Gentiles....

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