Acts 25:20 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 25:20

Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.

KJV

And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And because I doubted of such manner of questions,.... Or was ignorant of them, and knew not what to make of them, or to say to them, and was at an entire loss what to do in this affair: I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters; before the Jewish sanhedrim, who best understood them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I doubted of such manner of questions - Such as, whether he had broken their law, defiled their temple; or whether this Jesus, who was dead, was again raised to life.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπορούμενος	aporoumenos	Being perplexed	G639 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τούτων	toutōn	these	G3778 →
ζήτησιν	zētēsin	inquiry	G2214 →
ἔλεγον	elegon	was asking	G3004 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
βούλοιτο	bouloito	he would be willing	G1014 →
πορεύεσθαι	poreuesthai	to go	G4198 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἱεροσόλυμα	Hi'erosoluma	Jerusalem	G2414 →
κἀκεῖ	kakei	and there	G2532 →G1563 →
κρίνεσθαι	krinesthai	to be judged	G2919 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τούτων.	toutōn	these things.	G3778 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 25:9
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
leads to
- Acts 24:27
  After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
- Acts 12:3
  And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Mark 15:15
  And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Acts 25:3
  to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.