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Text -- Acts 25:20-27 (NET)
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25:20 Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters , I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges .
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 .”
25:22 Agrippa said to Festus , “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow ,” he replied , “you will hear him .”
Paul Before King Agrippa and Bernice
25:23 So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall , along with the senior military officers and the prominent men of the city . When Festus gave the order , Paul was brought in.
25:24 Then Festus said , “King Agrippa , and all you who are present here with us , you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here , shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer .
25:25 But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death , and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor , I decided to send him.
25:26 But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you , King Agrippa , so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write .
25:27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
APPEAL |
Minister |
MONEY |
Festus |
FESTUS; PORCIUS |
Prisoners |
Paul |
Herod Arippa II. |
Appeal to Caesar |
Augustus |
Bernice |
Indictments |
EMPEROR |
PROCURATOR |
Agrippa |
King |
Women |
Roman Empire |
BERNICE, OR BERENICE |
MANNER; MANNERS |
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NET Notes -> Act 25:20; Act 25:20; Act 25:20; Act 25:20; Act 25:21; Act 25:21; Act 25:22; Act 25:22; Act 25:22; Act 25:23; Act 25:23; Act 25:23; Act 25:23; Act 25:23; Act 25:23; Act 25:23; Act 25:24; Act 25:24; Act 25:24; Act 25:24; Act 25:24; Act 25:24; Act 25:24; Act 25:25; Act 25:25; Act 25:25; Act 25:25; Act 25:26; Act 25:26; Act 25:26; Act 25:26; Act 25:26; Act 25:27; Act 25:27
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NET Notes: Act 25:23 Grk “and Festus ordering, Paul was brought in.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in th...
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NET Notes: Act 25:25 The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must ...
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NET Notes: Act 25:26 Or “investigation.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνάκρισις has “a judicial hearing, investigation, hea...
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