To condemn a man unheard, without his being informed of the nature, extent, and grounds of his accusation, or being permitted to meet and examine his accusers face to face, is the essence of tyranny; and must be condemned by the judgment and common-sense of the whole world.
Verse Acts 25:16. _IT IS NOT THE MANNER OF THE ROMANS TO DELIVER ANY MAN_ _TO DIE_] Χαριζεσθαι τινα ανθρωπον, To MAKE A PRESENT _of any man;_ _gratuitously_ to _give up_ the life of any man, through...
IT IS NOT THE MANNER ... - He here states the reasons which he gave the Jews for not delivering Paul into their hands. In Acts 25:4, we have an account of the fact that he would not accede to the requ...
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...
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...
I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...
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...
TO. Greek. _pros_. App-104. THE MANNER. a custom. TO DIE. unto (Greek. _eis)_ destruction (Greek. _apoleia)_. Compare Acts 8:20. But the texts omit. ACCUSERS. See note on Acts 23:30. FACE TO FACE....
_to deliver any man to die_ The best MSS. omit the Greek for the last two words. _Rev. Ver._renders "to give up any man." The verb is the same as in Acts 25:11, and implies the granting as a favour. T...
εἰς� omitted with אABCE. _Vulg_. has in some texts ‘damnare,’ in others ‘donare’ for ΧΑΡΊΖΕΣΘΑΙ. 16. ΧΑΡΊΖΕΣΘΑΊ ΤΙΝΑ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ, _to give up any man_. See above, Acts 25:11, on the force of χαρίζεσθαι T...
FESTUS CONSULTS KING AGRIPPA ABOUT HIS PRISONER. AGRIPPA WISHES TO HEAR PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ Acts 25:4. ΧΑΡΊΖΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf., см._ Acts 25:11. Эпэкз. _inf._ объясняет римский обычай, ΠΡΙΝ Ή перед, ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part., см._ Act...
IT IS NOT THE MANNER OF THE ROMANS, &C.— According to the Roman law, accusations were never to be heard in the absence of the accused person—a rule, which has justly gained to the Roman people the hig...
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....
See notes on verse 14...
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the...
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...
TO WHOM I ANSWERED... — The facts of the case are stated with fair accuracy, but there is a certain measure of ostentation in the way in which Festus speaks of “the manner of the Romans.” It was, perh...
ἔθος, see Acts 6:14. χαρίζ., p. 489. πρὶν ἢ … ἔχοι, _cf._ Luke 2:26, the only two passages where a finite verb occurs after πρίν in N. T., see further Burton, pp. 52, 129, 133, and Plummer, Luke, _l....
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...
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...
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...
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to (c) deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning...
_“To whom I responded that it is not a custom of the Romans to deliver up any man to death before that the accused may have his accuser face to face, and may receive an opportunity of defense concerni...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TO WHOM I ANSWERED,.... As follows: IT IS NOT THE MANNER OF THE ROMANS TO DELIVER ANY MAN TO DIE; OR TO GIVE ANY MAN TO DESTRUCTION; to pass sentence of death upon him, without hearing his cause, and...
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the...
_When they had been there many days_ Among other subjects of discourse which occurred, _Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king_ For, as the crime of which he was accused related wholly to the Jewi...
AGRIPPA AND BERNICE IN CAESAREA. Festus lays the matter before Agrippa:...
TO WHOM I ANSWERED, IT IS NOT THE MANNER OF THE ROMANS TO DELIVER ANY MAN TO DIE BEFORE THAT HE WHICH IS ACCUSED HAVE THE ACCUSERS FACE TO FACE, AND HAVE LICENSE TO ANSWER FOR HIMSELF CONCERNING THE C...
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...
ABOUT WHOM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS OF THE JEWS INFORMED ME, WHEN I WAS IN JERUSALEM, ASKING FOR A JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM. 16 To then I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver a...
"It is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges" Festus was. stickler for jus...
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...
To condemn any man _indicta causa, _ without sufficient cause alleged and proved, is not only against the laws of the Romans, but of the Jews, DEUTERONOMY 17:4; nay, against the law of nature and of a...
Acts 25:16 To G4314 them G3739 answered G611 (G5662) G3754 is G2076 (G5748) not G3756 custom...
‘Saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix, about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for sentence against him. To whom I ans...
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...
Acts 25:16. IT IS NOT THE MANNER OF THE ROMANS TO DELIVER ANY MAN TO DIE, BEFORE THAT HE WHICH IS ACCUSED HAVE THE ACCUSERS FACE TO FACE, AND HAVE LICENCE TO ANSWER FOR HIMSELF CONCERNING THE CRIME LA...
IT IS NOT THE CUSTOM OF THE ROMANS (οτ ουκ εστιν εθος Ρωμαιοις). If a direct quotation, οτ is recitative as in Authorized Version. Canterbury Revision takes it as indirect discourse after απεκριθην...
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...
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)....
_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...
_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...
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...
Acts 26:1; Acts 25:4; Acts 25:5; Deuteronomy 17:4; Deuteronomy 19:17;...
Opportunity [τ ο π ο ν]. Lit., place. An unclassical use of the word....
It is not the custom of the Romans — How excellent a rule, to condemn no one unheard! A rule, which as it is common to all nations, (courts of inquisition only excepted,) so it ought to direct our pro...