Hechos 25:4-7 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 25:4

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 25:4

Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea - It is truly astonishing that Festus should refuse this favor to the heads of the Jewish nation, which, to those who were not in the secret, must appear so very reasonable; and especially as, on his coming to the government, it might be considered an act that was likely to make him popular; and he could have no interest in denying their request. But God had told Paul that he should testify of him at Rome; and he disposed the heart of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:5

Let them - which among you are able - Οἱ δυνατοι , Those who have authority; for so is this word often used by good Greek authors, and by Josephus. Festus seems to have said: "I have heard clamours from the multitude relative to this man; but on such clamours no accusation should be founded: yourselves have only the voice of the multitude as the foundation of the request which you now make. I cannot take up accusations which may affect the life of a Roman citizen on such pretenses. Are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:6

When he had tarried - more than ten days - The strangeness of this mode of expression suggests the thought that our printed text is not quite correct in this place; and this suspicion is confirmed by an examination of MSS. and versions: ἡμερας ου πλειους οκτω η δεκα , Not more than Eight Or ten days, is the reading of ABC, several others of great respectability, with the Coptic, Armenian, and Vulgate. Griesbach admits this reading into the text: and of it Professor White says, Lectio... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:7

The Jews - laid many and grievous complaints against Paul - As they must have perceived that the Roman governors would not intermeddle with questions of their law, etc., they no doubt invented some new charges, such as sedition, treason, etc., in order to render the mind of the governor evil affected towards Paul; but their malicious designs were defeated, for assertion would not go for proof before a Roman tribunal: this court required proof, and the blood-thirsty persecutors of the apostle... 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 25:4

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 25:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:7

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