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Text -- Acts 25:1-6 (NET)
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Paul Appeals to Caesar
25:1 Now three days after Festus arrived in the province , he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea .
25:2 So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him .
25:3 Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul , they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem , planning an ambush to kill him along the way .
25:4 Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea , and he himself intended to go there shortly .
25:5 “So ,” he said , “let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong , they may bring charges against him .”
25:6 After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them , he went down to Caesarea , and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Paul |
CAESAREA |
Minister |
Festus |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
MONEY |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
APPEAL |
Prisoners |
FESTUS; PORCIUS |
Malice |
Citizenship |
PROCURATOR |
ASCEND |
PROVINCE |
Accusation, False |
Ananias |
Chief Priests |
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NET Notes: Act 25:1 For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Act 25:2 Note how quickly the Jewish leadership went after Paul: They brought formal charges against him within three days of Festus’ arrival in the prov...
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NET Notes: Act 25:3 Planning an ambush. The Jewish leadership had not forgotten the original plan of several years ago (see 23:16). They did not trust the Roman legal pro...
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NET Notes: Act 25:5 BDAG 533 s.v. κατηγορέω 1 states, “nearly always as legal t.t.: bring charges in court.” L&am...
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