Acts 25:1

Paul Appeals to Caesar

25:1 Now ¹  three days after Festus ²  arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem ³  from Caesarea. ⁴ 

Acts 26:24-25

26:24 As Paul ⁵  was saying these things in his defense, Festus ⁶  exclaimed loudly, “You have lost your mind, ⁷  Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!” 26:25 But Paul replied, ⁸  “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, ⁹  but am speaking ¹⁰  true and rational ¹¹  words.

Acts 26:32

26:32 Agrippa ¹²  said to Festus, ¹³  “This man could have been released ¹⁴  if he had not appealed to Caesar.” ¹⁵ 

¹ tn BDAG 736-37 s.v. οὖν 2.b states, “οὖν serves to indicate a transition to someth. new…now, then, well…Ac 25:1.”

² sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1. This was a journey of 65 mi (just over 100 km).

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

⁷ tn On the term translated “lost your mind” see BDAG 610 s.v. μαίνομαι, which has “you’re out of your mind, you’re raving, said to one whose enthusiasm seems to have outrun better judgment 26:24.”

⁸ tn Grk “said.”

⁹ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

¹⁰ tn Or “declaring.” BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποφθέγγομαι states, “speak out, declare boldly or loudly…τὶ: σωφροσύνης ῥήματα Ac 26:25.”

¹¹ tn BDAG 987 s.v. σωφροσύνη 1 has “gener. soundness of mind, reasonableness, rationality…ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα true and rational words (opp. μαίνομαι) Ac 26:25.”

¹² sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

¹³ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

¹⁴ tn Or “set free.”

¹⁵ tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).