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Acts 25:7 KJV
Acts · chapter 25 · verse 7
And 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.Acts 25:7 · King James Version
Acts 25:7 in context
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.
8While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- complaintsaitiamato accuse, bring a charge against, complaintG157 →
- JerusalemhierosolymaJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2414 →
- grievousbarysheavy in weight, metaph., burdensome, severe, stern, weighty, of great moment, violent…G926 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- aboutperiistēmito place around one, to stand around, to turn one's self about for the purpose of…G4026 →
- comeparaginomaito be present, to come near, approach, to come forth, make one's public appearanceG3854 →
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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