Text -- Acts 25:21 (NET)

25:21 But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 25:21

¹ tn A designation of the Roman emperor (in this case, Nero). BDAG 917 s.v. σεβαστός states, “ὁ Σεβαστός His Majesty the Emperor Ac 25:21, 25 (of Nero).” It was a translation into Greek of the Latin “Augustus.”

² tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).