Hechos 25:1-7 RVA

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 25:1-12

We commonly say, ?New lords, new laws, new customs;? but here was a new governor, and yet Paul had the same treatment from him that he had from the former, and no better. Festus, like Felix, is not so just to him as he should have been, for he does not release him; and yet not so unjust to him as the Jews would have had him to be, for he will not condemn him to die, nor expose him to their rage. Here is, I. The pressing application which the high priest and other Jews used with the governor to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 25:1-12

25:1-12 Three days after he had entered into his province, Festus went up to Jerusalem. The chief priests and the chief men of the Jews laid information before him against Paul. They urged him, asking a favour against Paul, to send for him to be brought to Jerusalem, for they were hatching a plot to murder him on the way. But Festus replied that Paul was under guard at Caesarea and that he himself would soon be leaving. "So," he said, "let your men of power come down with me, and, if there is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:1

Now when Festus was come into the province ,.... Of Judea, which was a Roman province, over which he was made governor by Nero, the Roman emperor, in the room of Felix; he now being landed in some part of the province, namely, at Caesarea, and so might be said to have entered upon the government of it, as the phrase will bear to be rendered; after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem ; he very likely came by sea from Italy to Judea, and landed at Caesarea; for though Joppa... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:2

Then the high priest ,.... Ananias, as in Acts 23:2 the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental versions, read, "the chief priests", the whole college of the priests: and the chief of the Jews ; their rulers and elders, the members of the Jewish sanhedrim; informed him against Paul ; they took the first opportunity of waiting upon him, when he was come to Jerusalem; hoping it might be a favourable one to them, since he was just entering upon his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:3

And desired favour against him ,.... Paul; they asked what would be a favour to them, and a prejudice to him: or "of him", that is, of Festus; they asked a favour of him, and desired it as such, as what would be gratefully accepted and acknowledged by them; which sense is confirmed by the Syriac version; the Arabic version renders it "to", or "upon them"; that is, they asked him to grant a favour to them, or bestow one on them, which is as follows: that he would send for him to Jerusalem ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:4

But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea ,.... Or that he was kept there, and was in proper custody, under the care of a centurion, and should continue there; nor was there any reason why he should be removed, especially since he should return thither speedily, as he adds: and that he himself would depart shortly thither ; the answer was a very wise and prudent one, and the reasons given were just and strong; as that Paul had been sent to Caesarea, was left bound by his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:5

Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able ,.... Who are at leisure, can spare time, and to whom it will be convenient, without interrupting other business, to take such a journey; and who are able to bear the expenses of it, without hurting their families, and whose health and age will admit of it; and above all, who are masters of this affair, and are capable of forming charges, and of supporting them with proper proofs and evidences: let such go down with me ; from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:6

And when he had tarried among them more than ten days ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and three of Beza's copies, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version read, "no more than eight or ten days"; and the Syriac and Ethiopic versions leave out the phrase "no more", and read "when he had stayed there", as the former; that is, at Jerusalem; or "when he had remained among them", as the latter; the Jews, chief priests, and others, "eight or ten days"; the historian, not being certain to a day,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:7

And when he was come ,.... Into court: the Jews which came down from Jerusalem ; along with Festus, perhaps the high priest with the elders, and Tertullus the orator, as before: stood round about ; either the Apostle Paul, or the judgment seat; the witnesses and accusers were to stand, as well as the person accused; See Gill on Mark 14:57 . And laid many and grievous complaints against Paul; which they could not prove ; for his moral conversation, both before and after... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:1

Now when Festus was come into the province - By the province is meant Judea; 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; therefore Cuspius Fadus was sent to be procurator. And when afterwards Claudius had given to Agrippa the tetrarchate of Philip, that of Batanea and Abila, he nevertheless kept the province of Judea more immediately in his own hands, and governed it by... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 25:1-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 25:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 25:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:1

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