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Acts 25:5 KJV
Acts · chapter 25 · verse 5
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.Acts 25:5 · King James Version
Acts 25:5 in context
3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessei tiswhoever, whateverG1536 →
- accusekatēgoreōto accuse, before a judge to make an accusation, of an extra-judicial accusationG2723 →
- amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- saidphēmito make known one's thoughts, to declare, to sayG5346 →
- abledynatosable, powerful, mighty, strong, mighty in wealth and influence, strong in soul, to bear…G1415 →
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We commonly say, "New lords, new laws, new customs;" but here was a new governor, and yet Paul had the same treatment from him that he had from the former, and no better. Festus, like Felix, is not so just to him as he should have been, for he does not release him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12