Acts 25:11 KJV

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 25:11

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 25:11

For if = If then indeed. if . App-118 . be an offender = am doing wrong. Greek. adikeo, as in Acts 25:10 . refuse . Literally beg off. Greek. paraiteomai. See Luke 14:18 . none = nothing. Greek. oudeis. no man = no one. Greek. oudeis. may = can. See Acts 25:7 . deliver . Literally grant. Greek. charizomai. App-184 . See Acts 3:14 . unto = to. appeal unto = call upon, invoke. Greek. epikaleomai. See Acts 2:21 . Caesar : i.e. the Emperor before whose tribunal every Roman citizen... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 25:10-11

Acts 25:10-11. I stand at Caesar's judgment-seat,— Where St. Paul says, as thou very well knowest, he may either refer to the examination of him that day taken before him, or more probably to the information which we cannot but suppose Felix gave concerning him, when he resigned up his government to Festus. The word χαρισασθαι which we render deliver, implies a deliverance in order to gratify: "No man can lawfully deliver me into their hands, so as to gratify them with my death." This, however,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:11

11. I appeal to Cæsar—The right of appeal to the supreme power, in case of life and death, was secured by an ancient law to every Roman citizen, and continued under the empire. Had Festus shown any disposition to pronounce final judgment, Paul, strong in the consciousness of his innocence and the justice of a Roman tribunal, would not have made this appeal. But when the only other alternative offered him was to give his own consent to be transferred to the great hotbed of plots against his... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 25:1-12

Paul’s defense before Festus 25:1-12This is the shortest of Paul’s five defenses that Luke documented. Paul made his five defenses to the Jewish mob on the Antonia Fortress stairway (Acts 22:1-21), to the Sanhedrin (Acts 23:1-6), to Felix (Acts 24:10-21), to Festus (Acts 25:8; Acts 25:10-11), and to Herod Agrippa II (Acts 26:1-26). This one is quite similar to Paul’s defense before Felix except that now the apostle appealed to the emperor."Luke’s apologetic purpose is to show that only when... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 25:6-12

Paul’s hearing before Festus and the Jewish leaders in Caesarea 25:6-12 read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 25:11

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 25:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 25:10-11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 25:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 25:6-12

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