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Acts 25:26 KJV
Acts · chapter 25 · verse 26
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.Acts 25:26 · King James Version
Acts 25:26 in context
24And 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.
25But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- examinationanakrisisan examination, as a law term among the Greeks, the preliminary investigation held for…G351 →
- speciallymalistaespecially, chiefly, most of all, above allG3122 →
- somewhattisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- certainasphalēsfirm , certain, true, suited to confirmG804 →
- broughtproagōto lead forward, lead forth, one from a place in which he has lain hidden from view, as…G4254 →
- AgrippaagrippasAgrippa = " Hero like" , Name of a ruling family in Israel at the time of Christ…G67 →
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We have here the preparation that was made for another hearing of Paul before King Agrippa, not in order to his giving judgment upon him, but in order to his giving advice concerning him, or rather only to gratify his curiosity.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-27