Acts 25:10-11 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:1-12

The way opened to Rome. I. A WAY WHICH HAD TO BE CUT THROUGH JEWISH CRAFT AND MALICE on the one hand, and ROMAN INDIFFERENCE AND AVARICE on the other. Festers: a true heathen, ignorant, worldly, ready to use power for self-aggrandizement, hating the provincial strifes. The Jews: inveterate haters, keeping up their spite for two years; subtle-minded plotters, using Festus's visit to Jerusalem to get Paul into their power; absolutely unprincipled and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:1-16

The enlightened, the unenlightened, and the great Overruler. This piece of sacred history suggests— I. THAT SOMETIMES THE BLACKEST DEEDS LIE AT THE DOOR OF THE ENLIGHTENED . Who more enlightened than these Jews, so far as outward privileges were concerned? They had the fullest opportunity of knowing the truth and of acting uprightly. They "had the mind" of God; revelation had shone on their path with full, strong light. Yet we find them ( Acts 25:2 , Acts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:10

But Paul said for then said Paul, A.V. ; I am standing for I stand, A.V.; before for at, A.V.; thou also for thou, A.V. I am standing before Caesar's judgment-seat ( ἑστώς εἰμι ). The judgment-seat of the procurator, who ministered judgment in Caesar's name and by his authority, was rightly called "Caesar's judgment-seat." As a Roman citizen, Paul had a right to be tried there, and not before the Sanhedrim. The pretence that he had offended against the Jewish Law, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:10-11

Courage to live. Paul knows that he is "standing" (see Revised Version) already at the bar of Caesar. There he elects still to stand. And his formal appeal to Caesar is but the public and legal registration of his deliberate and decisive choice to that effect. There were, no doubt, two sides to the question that had been before Paul, though it savored ever so little of the nature of a question with him. The two sides were these—that justice was nearer him when he was before Caesar than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:11

If then I am a wrong, doer for for if I be an offender, A.V. and T.R.; and for or, A.V.; if none of those things is true for if there be none of these things, A.V.; can give me up for may deliver me, A.V. I refuse not ; οὐ παραιτοῦμαι . Here only in the Acts, and three times in Luke 14:1-35 . Elsewhere, four times in the pastoral Epistles, and twice in Hebrews. Frequent in classical Greek. No man can give me up ( χαρίσασθαι ); as verse 16, "to hand over as a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:11

Appeal to Caesar. In introducing this subject, the difficulty in which Festus was placed should be shown. His predecessor had just been recalled, through the opposition of these very Jews who were now seeking a favor from him, and to resist them in their first request would be sure to excite a strong prejudice against him. So even Festus attempted the weakness of a compromise. He saw that the matter was not one with which a Roman tribunal could concern itself. It was really a locally... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:10

Then said Paul ... - The reasons why Paul declined the proposal to be tried at Jerusalem are obvious. He had experienced so much violent persecution from his countrymen, and their minds were so full of prejudice, misconception, and enmity, that he had neither justice nor favor to hope at them hands. He knew, too, that they had formerly plotted against his life, and that he had been removed to Caesarea for the purpose of safety. It would be madness and folly to throw himself again into their... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:11

For if I be an offender - If I have injured the Jews so as to deserve death. If it can be proved that I have done injury to anyone.I refuse not to die - I have no wish to escape justice. I do not wish to evade the laws, or to take advantage of any circumstances to screen me from just punishment. Paul’s whole course showed that this was the noble spirit which actuated him. No true Christian wishes to escape from the laws. He will honor them, and not seek to evade them. But, like other people, he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 25:9-12

Acts 25:9-12. But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure To ingratiate himself with them by a popular action, at the beginning of his government; to gratify the prosecutors rather than the prisoner, as far as he could go with safety against one that was a citizen of Rome; answered Paul, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem and there be judged? Festus could have ordered this without asking Paul. But God secretly overruled the whole, that he might have an occasion of appealing to Rome. In... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 25:1-12

No hope of justice in Judea (25:1-12)When the new governor, Festus, arrived in Palestine, the Jews were quick to accuse Paul afresh. They no doubt thought that the new governor’s lack of experience in handling Jewish affairs would help them win a judgment against Paul (25:1-5).The trial before Festus was much the same as the one before Felix, but the confused Festus was not sure how to handle the case. He saw no reason why Paul should be in prison, yet he thought it wise to gain the goodwill of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 25:9-12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 25:1-12

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