Acts 25:15
in Acts 25While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for sentence against him.
KJV
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
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This verse in Acts 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseDesiring to have judgment against him - Instead of δικην, judgment, καταδικην, condemnation, sentence of death, is the reading of ABC, and several others, which is probably genuine. This is evidently the meaning of the place, whichever reading we prefer. Nothing could satisfy these men but the death of the apostle. It was not justice they wanted, but his destruction.
This site's exposition
whom Felix left in prison
on Acts 25:14-16
Festus tells the king of a man Felix left in prison. He states the Roman custom that an accused man faces his accusers before he is handed over. That principle stands in some tension with his own proposal at verse 9.
This site's exposition
requested a judgment against him
Festus here retells the request of 25:2-3. Adam Clarke notes that several ancient manuscripts read condemnation here in place of judgment, and he holds that either word means a sentence of death. Albert Barnes glosses the phrase as a request to have Paul condemned.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
(1.) He found him a prisoner when he came into the government of this province; and therefore could not of his own knowledge give an account of his cause from the beginning: There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix; and therefore, if there were any thing amiss in the first taking of him into custody, Festus is not to answer for that, for he found him in bonds.
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
About whom ... - See Act 25:1-5. To have judgment against him - To have him condemned.
The words behind it
18 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| περὶ | peri | concerning | G4012 → | 332 times |
| οὗ | hou | whom | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| γενομένου | genomenou | having been | G1096 → | 667 times |
| μου | mou | of me | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Ἱεροσόλυμα | hi'erosoluma | Jerusalem | G2414 → | 62 times |
| ἐνεφάνισαν | enephanisan | made a presentation | G1718 → | 10 times |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀρχιερεῖς | archiereis | chief priests | G749 → | 122 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πρεσβύτεροι | presbuteroi | elders | G4245 → | 65 times |
| τῶν | ton | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Ἰουδαίων | ioudaion | Jews | G2453 → | 192 times |
| αἰτούμενοι | aitoumenoi | asking | G154 → | 70 times |
| κατ᾽ | kat᾽ | against | G2596 → | 468 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καταδίκην· | katadiken | penalty; |
περὶconcerning
periG4012 →332 times
οὗwhom
houG3739 →1405 times
γενομένουhaving been
genomenouG1096 →667 times
μουof me
mouG3165 →1936 times
εἰςin
eisG1519 →1755 times
ἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem
hi'erosolumaG2414 →62 times
ἐνεφάνισανmade a presentation
enephanisanG1718 →10 times
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
ἀρχιερεῖςchief priests
archiereisG749 →122 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
πρεσβύτεροιelders
presbuteroiG4245 →65 times
τῶνof the
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἸουδαίωνJews
ioudaionG2453 →192 times
αἰτούμενοιasking
aitoumenoiG154 →70 times
κατ᾽against
kat᾽G2596 →468 times
αὐτοῦhim
autouG846 →5565 times
καταδίκην·penalty;
katadiken
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 23:23But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
it leads to
- Zechariah 11:8
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- Psalms 57:4
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Luke 23:5
But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
- Zechariah 11:8
Through
Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
it leads to
- Acts 24:11
You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
- Acts 23:2
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
- Acts 23:30
When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- Acts 23:24
Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”
- Acts 25:2
where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
- Acts 24:11
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Acts of the Apostles; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
