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 Agrippa, who was himself of the Jews' religion.
one. a certain, as above, Acts 25:14.
Jesus. App-98. affirmed. was affirming. Greek. phasko. See Acts 24:9.
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...
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...
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...
_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...
FESTUS CONSULTS KING AGRIPPA ABOUT HIS PRISONER. AGRIPPA WISHES TO HEAR PAUL’S DEFENCE...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
_Their own superstition. [3] Their particular religion, and manner of worshipping their God. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] De sua superstitione, _Greek: peri tes idias deisidaimonias._...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
AGRIPPA AND BERNICE IN CAESAREA. Festus lays the matter before Agrippa:...
BUT HAD CERTAIN QUESTIONS AGAINST HIM OF THEIR OWN SUPERSTITION, AND OF ONE JESUS, WHICH WAS DEAD, WHOM PAUL AFFIRMED TO BE ALIVE....
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
Acts 25:19 but G1161 had G2192 (G5707) some G5100 questions G2213 against G4314 him G846 about G4012 own...
“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...
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 25:19. 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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
1 Corinthians 15:14; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4; Acts 1:22;...
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...
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...