Acts 25:24

Act 25:24. Ἡμῖν, with us) with me and Agrippa.—ἄνδρες, men) Festus spares (does not mention) Bernice, in order not to (seem to) present the prisoner before a woman.—θεωρεῖτε) Indicative: ye see. With this comp. ch. Act 3:16, “This man whom ye see;” Act 19:26, Act 21:20.

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Act_25:24-25. Θεωρεῖτε] Indicative.

πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος] appears to conflict with Act_25:2; Act_25:15, and is at all events an exaggeration. But how natural is it to suppose that the persons there named were accompanied by an impetuous crowd! Hence also ἐπιβοῶντες. On ἐνέτυχόν μοι, they have approached me, in a hostile spirit towards him, comp. 1Ma_8:32; 1Ma_10:61; 2Ma_4:36. On ἐνθάδε, comp. Act_25:17.

καὶ αὐτοῦ δὲ τούτου] and, on the other hand (καὶ … δέ, as in Act_22:29; see on Joh_6:51), this person himself (itemque ipse ille).

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Act 25:24 . βασιλεῦ , see above on p. 495. συμπαρόντες : only here in N.T., cf. Wis 9:10 , Tob 12:12 [395] [396] . πᾶν τὸ πλ .: the statement is not in the least inconsistent with Act 25:2 ; Act 25:7 ; Act 25:15 . In Jerusalem at all events it is easily intelligible that a noisy crowd would second the actual accusers, cf. Act 17:5-6 , while in connection with Cæsarea we know from the latter years of the government of Felix how bitter the Jews were against the Gentiles, and how natural it would be for them to oppose the Apostle of the Gentiles, Jos., B. J. , ii., 13, 7; Ant. , xx., 8, 7. ἐνέτυχόν μοι : “made suit to me,” R.V., Wis 8:20 , 3Ma 6:37 , so in Plut., Pomp. , 55, cf. Polyc., Martyr. , xvii., 2, with dative only; it is used also of those making complaint before some authority, 1Ma 8:32 ; 1Ma 10:61 ; 1Ma 11:35 , 2Ma 4:36 , see Westcott on Heb 7:25 . The verb with the exception of Heb 7:25 and text is only found in Rom 8:27 ; Rom 8:34 ; Rom 11:2 , in each place of making supplication to God. For its use cf. ἔντευξις and ἐντυχία , of making request to one in authority, cf. Deissmann, Bibelstudien , i., pp. 117, 118, 143, 144, e.g. , the frequent formula on the papyri, ἔντευξις εἰς τὸ τοῦ βασιλέως ὄνομα . Clemen regards the whole speech of Festus to Agrippa, Act 25:24-27 , as an interpolation on account of the repetition of Act 25:21 in Act 25:25 , and of the contradiction supposed to exist between Act 25:27 ; Act 25:19 . But Jüngst differs from him with regard to the latter point, and although admitting the hand of a reviser freely in the first speech, and also in Act 25:14-21 , he hesitates to define the revision too exactly in the latter speech.

[395] Codex Alexandrinus (sæc. v.), at the British Museum, published in photographic facsimile by Sir E. M. Thompson (1879).

[396] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.

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(24) Have dealt with me.—The general term, “held communication with me,” is chosen to cover the proposal of Act_25:2-3, as well as the direct accusation of Act_25:7. It would seem from the addition, “and also here,” that the Jews of Cæsarea had also taken part in the proceedings, and that they too had been clamouring for a capital sentence.

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24. have dealt with me] Rev. Ver. “made suit to me.” In all other places of the N. T. this word is used of “making intercession” to God.

and also here] No doubt the Sadducees from Jerusalem had been able in the course of two years to work up a great deal of feeling against Paul among their party in Cæsarea. So when Festus came he was appealed to by the great men of the residential city as well as by those from Jerusalem.

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And Festus said, King Agrippa,.... He addressed himself to him in the first place, as being the principal person, and of great dignity, as well as knowledge:

and all men which are here present with us; the chief captains, and principal inhabitants of the city:

ye see this man the prisoner at the bar, meaning Paul:

about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me: applied unto him, interceded with him, and very importunately pressed and desired him to give judgment against him:

both at Jerusalem and also here; at Caesarea, whither they came from Jerusalem to accuse him:

crying: in a very noisy and clamorous way:

that he ought not to live any longer; as they did before Lysias the chief captain, Act 22:22 and so in the hearing of Festus; for it was his death they sought, and nothing else would satisfy them.

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24 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.

Ver. 24. That he ought not to live any longer] All malice is bloody, and is therefore called murder; because it wisheth him out of the world whom it maligneth. {See Trapp on "Act 25:7"}

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Have dealt with me - Have appeared before me, desiring me to try him. They have urged me to condemn him.

Crying ... - Compare Act 22:22. They had sought that he should be put to death.

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Well might Paul be aghast, to be friendless in so great a multitude, and to be shown and pointed at as a monster, being made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men, as 1Co 4:9. But he found surely the benefit and efficacy of that promise, Mat 28:20, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

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24. King Agrippa—Festus now introduces the prisoner to the king, stating with due formality what of course Agrippa already knew. The apostle and king are the two principal figures in the scene.

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Saith for said, A.V.; behold for see, A.V.; made suit to we for have dealt with me, A.V.; here for also here, A.V. That he ought not to. (Act_22:22) This had evidently been repeated by the Jews before Festus himself (ver. 7), and is implied by Paul"s words in ver. 11.

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See notes on verse 23

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24. ἐνέτυχόν μοι, made suit to me. In all other places of N.T. ἐντυγχάνειν is used of ‘making intercession’ to God. In the LXX. it is also used thus, Wis 8:21 ἐνέτυχον τῷ κυρίῳ; but also very frequently of those who come before some authority with a complaint, as the Jews did against St Paul. See 1Ma 8:32; 1Ma 10:61; 1Ma 10:63-64; 1Ma 11:25; 2Ma 4:36.

καὶ ἐνθάδε, and also here. No doubt the Sadducees from Jerusalem had been able in the course of two years to work up a great deal of feeling against Paul among their party in Cæsarea. So when Festus came he was appealed to by the great men of the residential city as well as by those from Jerusalem.

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24. ἅπαν τὸ πλ.] At Jerusalem (ver. 1) literally, by the popular voice (probably) of some tumultuous outcry:—here, by their deputation.

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