Acts 25:27 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 25:27

For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

KJV

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ASV

For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.

WEB

For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

YLT

for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'

DBT

for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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3 verses on the floor

John 7:51
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Acts 6:2
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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The same was this nation of ours put to (which is about as far distant from Rome the other way) when it was in ecclesiastical affairs subject to the pope of Rome, and appeals were upon all occasions made to his court; and the same mischiefs, and a thousand worse, would those bring upon us who would again entangle us in that yoke of bondage.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I would also hear--"should like to hear." the man myself--No doubt Paul was fight when he said, "The king knoweth of these things . . . for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner" (Ac 26:26).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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. 6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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