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Acts 25:17

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So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

When therefore they were come together here, I made no delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

KJV

Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

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This verse in Acts 25

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

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.

This site's exposition

I did not delay

on Acts 25:17-19

Festus found no crime he expected, only a dispute about their religion and a certain Jesus who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. A Roman official with no stake in Christian doctrine thus states the resurrection to Agrippa before Paul speaks.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He had likewise tried him in the most solemn manner: He sat on the judgment-seat, as they used to do in weightier causes, while those that were of small moment they judged de plano--upon even ground.
Therefore when they were come hither,.... To Caesarea, namely the chief priests and elders of the Jews: without any delay on the morrow, I sat on the judgment seat: that is, the next day after they came down, Festus went into the judgment hall, and took his place there, in order to hear this cause; which circumstance he mentions, to show how expeditious he was: and I commanded the man to be brought forth: from his place of confinement, to the hall, to answer for himself.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Therefore when they were come hither ... - See Act 25:6.

The words behind it

17 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.

  • συνελθόντωνWhen were assembling

    sunelthontonG4905 →30 times

  • οὖνtherefore

    ounG3767 →497 times

  • αὐτῶνthey

    autonG846 →5565 times

  • ἐνθάδεhere

    enthadeG1759 →8 times

  • ἀναβολὴνdelay

    anabolenG311 →

  • μηδεμίανno

    medemianG3367 →90 times

  • ποιησάμενος,having made,

    poiesamenosG4160 →569 times

  • τῇon the

    teaG3588 →19766 times

  • ἑξῆςnext [day]

    hexesG1836 →5 times

  • καθίσαςhaving sat

    kathisasG2523 →44 times

  • ἐπὶon

    epiG1909 →883 times

  • τοῦthe

    touG3588 →19766 times

  • βήματοςjudgment seat

    bematosG968 →12 times

  • ἐκέλευσαI commanded

    ekeleusaG2753 →25 times

  • ἀχθῆναιto be brought

    achthenaiG71 →68 times

  • τὸνthe

    tonG3588 →19766 times

  • ἄνδρα·man;

    andraG435 →216 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

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

    Acts 25:6

    After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

    it leads to

    • Acts 25:10

      Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

    • Matthew 27:19

      While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

    • James 2:6

      But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

  • Through

    Acts 25:10

    Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 27:18

      For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

    • 2 Corinthians 4:2

      Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to…

    • Acts 28:18

      They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

    • Acts 26:31

      On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

    • Acts 25:25

      But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
Acts: the study guide →Read Acts 25 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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