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Acts Chapter 25
Overview
Act 25:1, The Jews accuse Paul before Festus; Act 25:8, He answers for himself, Act 25:11. and appeals unto Caesar; Act 25:14, Afterwards Festus opens his matter to king Agrippa; Act 25:23, and he is brought forth; Act 25:25, Festus clears him of having done anything worthy of death.
into: Act 23:34
the province: By the province, Judea is meant; for after the death of Herod Agrippa, Claudius thought it imprudent to trust the government in the hands of his son Agrippa, who was then but seventeen years of age; and therefore, Cuspius Fadus was sent to be procurator. And when afterwards Claudius had given to Agrippa the tetrarchy of Philip, he nevertheless kept the province of Judea in his own hands, and governed it by procurators sent from Rome.
he: Act 25:5, Act 18:22, Act 21:15
Act 25:15, Act 24:1; Job 31:31; Pro 4:16; Rom 3:12-19
desired: Act 9:2; Sa1 23:19-21; Jer 38:4; Mar 6:23-25; Luke 23:8-24
laying: Act 23:12-15, Act 26:9-11; Psa 37:32, Psa 37:33, Psa 64:2-6, Psa 140:1-5; Jer 18:18; Joh 16:3; Rom 3:8
them: Act 25:16, Act 23:30, Act 24:8
if: Act 25:18, Act 25:19, Act 25:25, Act 18:14; Sa1 24:11, Sa1 24:12; Psa 7:3-5; Joh 18:29, Joh 18:30
more than ten days: or, as some copies read no more than eight or ten days
sitting: Act 25:10,Act 25:17, Act 18:12-17; Mat 27:19; Joh 19:13; Co2 5:10; Jam 2:6
and laid: Act 25:24, Act 21:28, Act 24:5, Act 24:6, Act 24:13; Ezr 4:15; Est 3:8; Psa 27:12, Psa 35:11; Mat 5:11, Mat 5:12; Mat 26:60-62; Mar 15:3, Mar 15:4; Luk 23:2, Luk 23:10; Pe1 4:14-16
Neither: Act 25:10, Act 6:13, Act 6:14, Act 23:1, Act 24:6, Act 24:12, Act 24:17-21, Act 28:17, Act 28:21; Gen 40:15; Jer 37:18; Dan 6:22; Co2 1:12
willing: Act 25:3, Act 25:20, Act 12:3, Act 24:27; Mar 15:15
I stand: Every procurator represented the emperor in the province over which he presided; and as the seat of government was at Cesarea, St. Paul was before the tribunal where, as a Roman citizen, he ought to be judged. Act 16:37, Act 16:38, Act 22:25-28
as thou: Act 25:25, Act 23:29, Act 26:31, Act 28:18; Mat 27:18, Mat 27:23, Mat 27:24; Co2 4:2
if I: Act 18:14; Jos 22:22; Sa1 12:3-5; Job 31:21, Job 31:38-40; Psa 7:3-5
no man: Act 16:37, Act 22:25; Th1 2:15
I appeal: An appeal to the emperor was the right of a Roman citizen, and was highly respected. The Julian law condemned those magistrates, and others, as violaters of the public peace, who had put to death, tortured, scourged, imprisoned, or condemned any Roman citizen who had appealed to Cesar. This law was so sacred and imperative, that, in the persecution under Trajan, Pliny would not attempt to put to death Roman citizens, who were proved to have turned Christians, but determined to send them to Rome, probably because they had appealed. Act 25:10,Act 25:25, Act 26:32, Act 28:19; Sa1 27:1
unto Caesar shalt: Act 25:21, Act 19:21, Act 23:11, Act 26:32, Act 27:1, Act 28:16; Psa 76:10; Isa 46:10,Isa 46:11; Lam 3:37; Dan 4:35; Rom 15:28, Rom 15:29; Phi 1:12-14, Phi 1:20
king: Act 25:22, Act 25:23, Act 26:1, Act 26:27, Act 26:28
unto: Sa1 13:10, Sa1 25:14; Sa2 8:10; Kg2 10:13; Mar 15:18
There: Act 24:27
when: Act 25:1-3; Est 3:9; Luk 18:3-5, Luk 23:23
and have: Act 26:1; Deu 17:4, Deu 19:17, Deu 19:18; Pro 18:13, Pro 18:17; Joh 7:51
without: Act 25:6
certain: Act 25:7, Act 18:15, Act 18:19, Act 23:29
superstition: Act 17:22, Act 17:23
which: Act 1:22, Act 2:32, Act 17:31, Act 26:22, Act 26:23; Co1 15:3, Co1 15:4, Co1 15:14-20; Rev 1:18
doubted of such manner of questions: or, was doubtful how to enquire hereof, etc
I asked: Act 25:9
had: Act 25:10, Act 26:32; Ti2 4:16
hearing: or, judgment
I commanded: Act 25:12
Act 9:15; Isa 52:15; Mat 10:18; Luk 21:12
with: Act 12:21; Est 1:4; Ecc 1:2; Isa 5:14, Isa 14:11; Eze 7:24, Eze 30:18, Eze 32:12, Eze 33:28; Dan 4:30; Co1 7:31; Jam 1:11; Pe1 1:24; Jo1 2:16
at: Act 9:15
King Agrippa: King Agrippa was the son of Herod Agrippa; who upon the death of his uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, ad 28, succeeded to his dominions, by the favour of the emperor Claudius. Four years afterwards, Claudius removed him from that kingdom to a larger one; giving him the tetrarchy of Philip, that of Lysanias, and the province which Varus governed. Nero afterwards added Julias in Peraea, Tarichaea, and Tiberias. Claudius gave him the power of appointing the high priest among the Jews; and instances of his exercising this power may be seen in Josephus. He was strongly attached to the Romans, and did every thing in his power to prevent the Jews from rebelling; and when he could not prevail, he united his troops to those of Titus, and assisted at the siege of Jerusalem. After the ruin of his country, he retired with his sister Berenice to Rome where he died, aged 70, about ad 90.
about: Act 25:2, Act 25:3, Act 25:7
that he: Act 22:22; Luk 23:21-23
committed: Act 23:9, Act 23:29, Act 26:31; Luk 23:4, Luk 23:14; Joh 18:38
and that: Act 25:11, Act 25:12
Augustus: The honourable title of Σεβαστος [Strong's G4575], or Augustus, that is venerable or august, which was first conferred by the senate on Octavius Caesar, was afterwards assumed by succeeding Roman emperors.