Acts 25:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. ”

• Acts 25:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For it seemeth to me unreasonable - Festus felt that he was placed in an embarrassing situation. He was about to send a prisoner to Rome who had been tried by himself, and who had appealed from h...

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• Acts 25:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul Placed before Agrippa. Festus probably lived in Herod's palace at Cæ sarea, which would contain a large court-room for judicial proceedings, the place of hearing. The officers of rank and the...

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• Acts 25:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  unreasonable . Greek. alogos. Only here; 2 Peter 2:12 . Jude 1:10 (translated "brute").. medical word. withal, &c . = to signify the charges also. crimes . charges. Greek. aitia as in...

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• Acts 25:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. For it seemeth to me unreasonable, etc. - Every reader must feel the awkward situation i...

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• Acts 25:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the cri...

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• Acts 25:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Seeking Charges against His Prisoner Acts 25:13-27 Mark the difference with which these two men regarded our Lord. To the one, He was the supreme object of his affection and his life; to the ot...

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• Acts 25:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Jews besought Festus to bring Paul to Jerusalem for trial. This, however, he refused to do. When arraigned before him, Paul again made use of his rights as a Roman citizen, and definitely appeale...

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• Acts 25:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul...

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• Acts 25:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner ,.... A man bound as if he was a malefactor, and guilty of some heinous crimes, to Rome, to be tried before Caesar: and not withal to signify t...

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• Acts 25:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. Ver. 27. For it seems to me unreasonable ] And should not God's people be as careful...

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• Acts 25:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  On the morrow , &c. Festus, accordingly, performed his promise to the king; and when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp Of apparel, attendants, guards, &c.; Greek, μετα πολλης...

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• Acts 25:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Festus was a different character, a typical Roman, materialistic and matter-of-fact, not a debased type, but skeptical as to anything spiritual. Only three days after taking office he visited Jerusal...

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• Acts 25:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Agrippa's Visit to Festus; Paul Arraigned before Agrippa.       13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to s...

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• Acts 25:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  So great a clamour, so hot a pursuit, and yet after all this the judge (who would willingly have condemned Paul, and gratified the Jews) knows not wherefore all this stir had been: but the more must...

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• Acts 25:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.” Indeed Festus' previous training had actually demonstrated to him that to send a prisoner to...

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• Acts 25:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 25:23 . The chief captains were the chiliarchs or commanders of the cohorts stationed at Cæsarea—which cohorts were five in number (Jos., Wars , III. iv. 2). Acts 25:24...

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• Acts 25:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Acts 25:1 . Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. Porcius Festus had been appointed governor in the place of Felix, who had left Pau...

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• Acts 25:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 25:1 . When Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended to Jerusalem, the metropolis of his government. The Romans evidently paid great attention to Palestine, because the...

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• Acts 25:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And after certain days King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea. Agrippa and Bernice Each of the characters thus brought on the scene has a somewhat memorable history. 1. The former close...

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• Acts 25:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSTION Acts 25:1 Foetus therefore having come for now when Foetus was come, A.V.; went up for he ascended, A.V.; to Jerusalem from Casarea for from Caesarea to Jerusalem, A.V...

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• Acts 25:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Paul presented before Agrippa:

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• Acts 25:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 7:51 ; Proverbs 18:13

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