Acts 25:24
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
25 But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
26 I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
- KJV
- And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
- WEB
- Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
- ASV
- And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
- DARBY
- And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this person, concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews applied to me both in Jerusalem and here, crying out against [him] that he ought not to live any longer.
- BLB
- And Festus says, “King Agrippa and all men being present with us, you⁺ see this one concerning whom all the multitude of the Jews pleaded with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out of him [that] he ought not to live [any] longer.
- ÅB
- Festus sier da: Kong Agrippa og alle dere menn som her er samlet med oss! Her ser dere den om hvem hele jødenes hop søkte meg både i Jerusalem og her, og ropte på at han ikke burde få leve lenger.
- OTB
- Festus sa: “Kong Agrippa, og alle som er til stede med oss, dere ser denne mannen som hele det jødiske samfunnet har anket til meg, både i Jerusalem og her, og ropt at han ikke burde leve lenger.
- B1930
- Festus sier da: Kong Agrippa og alle I menn som her er samlet med oss! Her ser I den om hvem hele jødenes hop søkte mig både i Jerusalem og her, og ropte på at han ikke burde få leve lenger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
Read in contextActs 22:22
The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
Read in contextActs 25:2–3
where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
Read in contextLuke 23:21–23
but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
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