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Acts 25:15

in Acts 25

While 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.

This verse in Acts 25

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Desiring 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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(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

About whom ... - See Act 25:1-5. To have judgment against him - To have him condemned.

The words behind it

18 Greek words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 23:23

    But 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.”

  • Through

    Acts 24:1

    Five 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

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

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.