Introduction
Overview
Acts 25 . 1 , The Jews accuse Paul before Festus; Acts 25 . 8 , He answers for himself , Acts 25 . 11. and appeals unto Caesar; Acts 25 . 14 , Afterwards Festus opens his matter to king Agrippa; Acts 25 . 23 , and he is brought forth; Acts 25 . 25 , Festus clears him of having done anything worthy of death.
into . Acts 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 . Acts 25 . 5 , Acts 18 . 22 , Acts 21 . 15
Reciprocal . Mark 13 . 9 . take Luke 21 . 12 . before Acts 10 . 1 . in Acts 24 . 27 . Porcius Festus Acts 25 . 15 . when
Acts 25 . 15 , Acts 24 . 1 , Job 31 . 31 , Proverbs 4 . 16 , Romans 3 . 12-19
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 26 . 11 . saying Luke 21 . 12 . before Acts 23 . 12 . that Acts 25 . 24 . about Romans 15 . 31 . I may
desired . Acts 9 . 2 , 1 Samuel 23 . 19-21 , Jeremiah 38 . 4 , Mark 6 . 23-25 , Luke 23 . 8-24
laying . Acts 23 . 12-15 , Acts 26 . 9-11 , Psalm 37 . 32 , Psalm 37 . 33 , Psalm 64 . 2-6 , Psalm 140 . 1-5 , Jeremiah 18 . 18 , John 16 . 3 , Romans 3 . 8
Reciprocal . Ezra 8 . 31 . the hand Psalm 35 . 20 . but Psalm 119 . 95 . wicked Proverbs 1 . 11 . let us lay Proverbs 12 . 6 . words Proverbs 24 . 15 . Lay Jeremiah 26 . 24 . that Hosea 6 . 8 . polluted with blood Matthew 14 . 9 . sorry Acts 6 . 11 . they Acts 9 . 24 . their Acts 12 . 11 . all Acts 20 . 3 . the Jews Acts 23 . 15 . that he Acts 23 . 21 . for Acts 25 . 9 . willing Acts 25 . 24 . about Acts 26 . 17 . Delivering Acts 26 . 21 . the Jews 2 Corinthians 11 . 26 . in perils by mine 2 Timothy 3 . 11 . but
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 26 . 24 . that Acts 8 . 40 . Caesarea Acts 25 . 16 . It is not 2 Timothy 3 . 11 . but
them . Acts 25 . 16 , Acts 23 . 30 , Acts 24 . 8
if . Acts 25 . 18 , Acts 25 . 19 , Acts 25 . 25 , Acts 18 . 14 , 1 Samuel 24 . 11 , 1 Samuel 24 . 12 , Psalm 7 . 3-5 , John 18 . 29 , John 18 . 30
more than ten days . or , as some copies read no more than eight or ten days
sitting . Acts 25 . 10 , Acts 25 . 17 , Acts 18 . 12-17 , Matthew 27 . 19 , John 19 . 13 , 2 Corinthians 5 . 10 , James 2 . 6
Reciprocal . Acts 21 . 15 . and went Acts 23 . 30 . and gave
and laid . Acts 25 . 24 , Acts 21 . 28 , Acts 24 . 5 , Acts 24 . 6 , Acts 24 . 13 , Ezra 4 . 15 , Esther 3 . 8 , Psalm 27 . 12 , Psalm 35 . 11 , Matthew 5 . 11 , Matthew 5 . 12 , Matthew 26 . 60-62 , Mark 15 . 3 , Mark 15 . 4 , Luke 23 . 2 , Luke 23 . 10 , 1 Peter 4 . 14-16
Reciprocal . Ezra 4 . 6 . wrote Nehemiah 6 . 8 . There are Psalm 31 . 18 . speak Acts 6 . 11 . they Acts 23 . 29 . but Acts 25 . 19 . certain Acts 28 . 18 . General 1 Peter 2 . 12 . that
Neither . Acts 25 . 10 , Acts 6 . 13 , Acts 6 . 14 , Acts 23 . 1 , Acts 24 . 6 , Acts 24 . 12 , Acts 24 . 17-21 , Acts 28 . 17 , Acts 28 . 21 , Genesis 40 . 15 , Jeremiah 37 . 18 , Daniel 6 . 22 , 2 Corinthians 1 . 12
Reciprocal . Matthew 22 . 17 . Caesar Luke 20 . 24 . Caesar's Acts 17 . 7 . and these Acts 18 . 13 . General Acts 19 . 37 . which Acts 22 . 1 . my Acts 23 . 29 . but Acts 28 . 18 . General
willing . Acts 25 . 3 , Acts 25 . 20 , Acts 12 . 3 , Acts 24 . 27 , Mark 15 . 15
Reciprocal . Exodus 23 . 2 . follow Daniel 6 . 16 . the king Matthew 27 . 15 . General Mark 15 . 6 . General Acts 12 . 11 . all Acts 18 . 22 . gone Acts 21 . 15 . and went Acts 26 . 17 . Delivering
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. Acts 16 . 37 , Acts 16 . 38 , Acts 22 . 25-28
as thou . Acts 25 . 25 , Acts 23 . 29 , Acts 26 . 31 , Acts 28 . 18 , Matthew 27 . 18 , Matthew 27 . 23 , Matthew 27 . 24 , 2 Corinthians 4 . 2
Reciprocal . Genesis 40 . 15 . done Nehemiah 6 . 8 . There are Esther 1 . 16 . done wrong Psalm 25 . 21 . General Psalm 119 . 121 . I have Jeremiah 37 . 20 . lest Acts 18 . 12 . the judgment Acts 19 . 21 . I must Acts 25 . 6 . sitting Acts 25 . 8 . Neither Acts 25 . 11 . I appeal Acts 25 . 21 . had Acts 28 . 17 . though Acts 28 . 19 . I was
if I . Acts 18 . 14 , Joshua 22 . 22 , 1 Samuel 12 . 3-5 , Job 31 . 21 , Job 31 . 38-40 , Psalm 7 . 3-5
no man . Acts 16 . 37 , Acts 22 . 25 , 1 Thessalonians 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. Acts 25 . 10 , Acts 25 . 25 , Acts 26 . 32 , Acts 28 . 19 , 1 Samuel 27 . 1
Reciprocal . Genesis 40 . 15 . done Genesis 44 . 9 . both Deuteronomy 21 . 22 . General 1 Samuel 20 . 8 . if there be Psalm 25 . 21 . General Psalm 119 . 121 . I have Jeremiah 37 . 18 . General Jeremiah 37 . 20 . lest Daniel 6 . 16 . the king Luke 2 . 1 . Caesar Luke 21 . 12 . before Acts 9 . 24 . their Acts 18 . 15 . a question Acts 23 . 29 . but Acts 27 . 24 . thou
unto Caesar shalt . Acts 25 . 21 , Acts 19 . 21 , Acts 23 . 11 , Acts 26 . 32 , Acts 27 . 1 , Acts 28 . 16 , Psalm 76 . 10 , Isaiah 46 . 10 , Isaiah 46 . 11 , Lamentations 3 . 37 , Daniel 4 . 35 , Romans 15 . 28 , Romans 15 . 29 , Philippians 1 . 12-14 , Philippians 1 . 20
Reciprocal . Luke 21 . 12 . before Acts 25 . 25 . and that
king . Acts 25 . 22 , Acts 25 . 23 , Acts 26 . 1 , Acts 26 . 27 , Acts 26 . 28
unto . 1 Samuel 13 . 10 , 1 Samuel 25 . 14 , 2 Samuel 8 . 10 , 2 Kings 10 . 13 , Mark 15 . 18
Reciprocal . Genesis 28 . 10 . General Acts 10 . 1 . in Acts 12 . 19 . he went Acts 21 . 7 . and saluted
There . Acts 24 . 27
Reciprocal . Acts 23 . 24 . Felix Acts 26 . 29 . except 2 Corinthians 6 . 9 . unknown 2 Corinthians 11 . 23 . in prisons
when . Acts 25 . 1-3 , Esther 3 . 9 , Luke 18 . 3-5 , Luke 23 . 23
Reciprocal . Acts 24 . 1 . informed Acts 24 . 8 . Commanding Acts 25 . 2 . General 2 Corinthians 6 . 9 . unknown
It is not . Acts 25 . 4 , Acts 25 . 5
and have . Acts 26 . 1 , Deuteronomy 17 . 4 , Deuteronomy 19 . 17 , Deuteronomy 19 . 18 , Proverbs 18 . 13 , Proverbs 18 . 17 , John 7 . 51
Reciprocal . Genesis 39 . 19 . heard John 18 . 29 . What Acts 21 . 33 . and demanded Acts 22 . 1 . my Acts 22 . 25 . Is it Acts 23 . 35 . when Acts 24 . 8 . Commanding Acts 24 . 19 . General 1 Corinthians 9 . 3 . answer 1 Timothy 5 . 19 . receive 2 Timothy 4 . 16 . answer
without . Acts 25 . 6
Reciprocal . John 18 . 31 . Take Acts 18 . 14 . If Acts 25 . 5 . if
certain . Acts 25 . 7 , Acts 18 . 15 , Acts 18 . 19 , Acts 23 . 29
superstition . Acts 17 . 22 , Acts 17 . 23
which . Acts 1 . 22 , Acts 2 . 32 , Acts 17 . 31 , Acts 26 . 22 , Acts 26 . 23 , 1 Corinthians 15 . 3 , 1 Corinthians 15 . 4 , 1 Corinthians 15 . 14-20 , Revelation 1 . 18
Reciprocal . Matthew 13 . 19 . and understandeth Mark 4 . 15 . these John 10 . 20 . why John 18 . 35 . Amos I Acts 17 . 32 . some Acts 25 . 5 . if Acts 26 . 3 . because Acts 26 . 8 . General Acts 26 . 24 . Festus 1 Corinthians 2 . 14 . they 2 Corinthians 6 . 9 . unknown
doubted of such manner of questions . or , was doubtful how to enquire hereof , etc
I asked . Acts 25 . 9
Reciprocal . Matthew 13 . 19 . and understandeth Mark 4 . 15 . these John 10 . 20 . why John 18 . 35 . Amos I Acts 10 . 17 . while Acts 23 . 29 . questions Acts 26 . 3 . because Acts 26 . 24 . Festus
had . Acts 25 . 10 , Acts 26 . 32 , 2 Timothy 4 . 16
hearing . or , judgment
Augustus . Acts 27 . 1 , Luke 2 . 1
I commanded . Acts 25 . 12
Reciprocal . Acts 28 . 19 . I was
Acts 9 . 15 , Isaiah 52 . 15 , Matthew 10 . 18 , Luke 21 . 12
Reciprocal . Acts 17 . 19 . May Acts 25 . 13 . king Acts 26 . 26 . the king
with . Acts 12 . 21 , Esther 1 . 4 , Ecclesiastes 1 . 2 , Isaiah 5 . 14 , Isaiah 14 . 11 , Ezekiel 7 . 24 , Ezekiel 30 . 18 , Ezekiel 32 . 12 , Ezekiel 33 . 28 , Daniel 4 . 30 , 1 Corinthians 7 . 31 , James 1 . 11 , 1 Peter 1 . 24 , 1 John 2 . 16
at . Acts 9 . 15
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 10 . 2 . a very great train 1 Kings 22 . 10 . having put Acts 21 . 31 . chief Acts 25 . 13 . king
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 . Acts 25 . 2 , Acts 25 . 3 , Acts 25 . 7
that he . Acts 22 . 22 , Luke 23 . 21-23
Reciprocal . Romans 15 . 31 . I may
committed . Acts 23 . 9 , Acts 23 . 29 , Acts 26 . 31 , Luke 23 . 4 , Luke 23 . 14 , John 18 . 38
and that . Acts 25 . 11 , Acts 25 . 12
Augustus . The honourable title of וגבףפןע [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.
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 21 . 22 . General Jeremiah 26 . 16 . General Jeremiah 37 . 18 . General Acts 25 . 5 . if Acts 25 . 10 . as thou Acts 26 . 32 . appealed Acts 27 . 1 . when Acts 28 . 19 . I was
specially . Acts 26 . 2 , Acts 26 . 3
Reciprocal . Luke 7 . 8 . under Acts 18 . 14 . If Acts 21 . 34 . know Acts 24 . 22 . When 2 Corinthians 6 . 9 . unknown
Proverbs 18 . 13 , John 7 . 51
Reciprocal . Acts 6 . 2 . It