Acts 25:2

Translations

Modern

…where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

Traditional

Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

Literal

And the chief priests and the chiefs of the Jews presented to him against Paul, and they were imploring him,

Latin

Adieruntque eum principes sacerdotum et primi Judæorum adversus Paulum: et rogabant eum,

Original

Greek

English

…where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

Notes

Acts 24:27–25:5

Felix’s successor was Porcius Festus. Nero appointed him as governor of Judea around AD 59–62. Josephus describes Festus as a careful and honest leader. However, he could not stop the growing unrest among the Jewish people, even though he took strong action against the Assassins (a violent group also called the Sicarii; Josephus, Antiquities 20.8.10; see also Acts 21:38).

Festus refused the Jewish leaders’ request to move Paul’s trial to Jerusalem, but he still felt their pressure (25:9).

Theme notes and profiles

Jewish Leaders Paul (Saul)

Events

Paul appeals to Caesarc. AD 56

Related verses

Acts 25:15
While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
Acts 24:1
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Romans 3:12–19
All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Job 31:31
…if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles

Glossary

Book of the Acts of the Apostles Caesarea Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Courts and Trials Herod, Herodian Family Judge Paul the Apostle Procurator Titus Caesar

Topics

Ananias: High Priest, Before Whom Paul Was Tried False Accusation: Incidents Illustrative of Against Paul Jerusalem: Roman Government Transferred From, to Caesarea Paul: His Trial Before Governor Festus

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