Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Acts 25:20
Verse Acts 25:20. I doubted of such manner of questions] Such as, whether he had broken their law, defiled their temple; or whether this Jesus, who was dead, was again raised to life.
Verse Acts 25:20. I doubted of such manner of questions] Such as, whether he had broken their law, defiled their temple; or whether this Jesus, who was dead, was again raised to life.
AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS - See the margin. Because I hesitated about the right way of disposing of them; because I was ignorant of their nature and bearing, I proposed to go t...
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...
BECAUSE, &C. Literally I, being at. loss (Greek. _aporeomai._ Only here; Joh 13:22. 2 Corinthians 4:8; Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:20). OF SUCH MANNER OF QUEETIONS. Literally for (Greek. _eis)_ t
_And because I doubted of such manner of questions] Rev. Ver_., with ancient authorities, gives "And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things." The whole subject was a strange one to...
ἈΠΟΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ ΔῈ ἘΓῺ ΤῊΝ ΠΕΡῚ ΤΟΎΤΩΝ ΖΉΤΗΣΙΝ, _and I being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things_. The whole subject would be strange to Festus, and when he found that some Jews in part at le...
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...
ΆΠΟΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ _praes._ med _(dep.) part._ (причины) ΆΠΟΡΈΟΜΑΙ (G639) бытр в затруднении, сомневаться, предполагает серьезное беспокойство (RWP; LPji, 1:381). ΈΛΕΓΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ f (G3004)...
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...
AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS, I ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WOULD GO TO JERUSALEM, AND THERE BE JUDGED OF THESE MATTERS. AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS - THE "I" IS...
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...
BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS. — Better, _I, being perplexed as to the inquiry about these things._ The word implies more than mere doubt, and his perplexity is his justification for b...
ἀπορούμενος δὲ : “being perplexed how to inquire concerning,” R.V., omitting εἰς, the verb ἀπορ. talking a direct accusative. See above on Acts 2:12. Festus might have truly said that he was perplexed...
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...
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...
AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS,.... Or was ignorant of them, and knew not what to make of them, or to say to them, and was at an entire loss what to do in this affair: I ASKED HIM...
And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked _him_ whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. Ver. 20. _And because_] He tells not Agrippa, that to gratify...
_And because I doubted of such manner of questions_ Whether they were dangerous to the state and punishable, and whether I was a competent judge of them; _I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem_...
DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS; how such questions should be disposed of, or what course he should take with them....
AGRIPPA AND BERNICE IN CAESAREA. Festus lays the matter before Agrippa:...
AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS, I ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WOULD GO TO JERUSALEM, AND THERE BE JUDGED OF THESE MATTERS....
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...
AND BECAUSE I WAS UNCERTAIN OF SUCH QUESTIONS, I ASKED WHETHER HE WAS WILLING TO GO TO JERUSALEM AND THERE BE JUDGED CONCERNING THESE MATTERS. 21 But when Paul appealed to be reserved for the decisio...
I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS: Or, I was doubtful how to enquire hereof...
"Being at. loss how to investigate" This accurately sums up the situation. Give Festus this much credit, he is humble here and admits his own lack of knowledge and skill in this area. But, Festus is n...
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...
Festus pretends, that he knew not by what rule those cases were to be decided, nor before what judges; whether before himself or the Jewish sanhedrim. But this is only his pretension: the true cause w...
Acts 25:20 And G1161 I G1473 uncertain G639 (G5734) of G1519 such G5127 questions G4012 G2214 asked...
“And I, being perplexed how to enquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters. But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of t...
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 25:20. AND BECAUSE I DOUBTED OF SUCH MANNER OF QUESTIONS, I ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WOULD GO TO JERUSALEM, AND THERE BE JUDGED OF THESE MATTERS. Festus hardly represents here the whole truth. No dou...
BEING PERPLEXED (απορουμενος). Present middle participle of the common verb απορεω (α privative and πορος way), to be in doubt which way to turn, already in Mark 6:20 which see and Luke 24:4. The Te...
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...
_And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem._ POLITENESS AND PIETY 1. Festus was at his wits’ ends through Felix’s mismanagement of the case. Now...
_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 25:9...