Acts 25:1a| Festus| Acts 24:27
Acts 25:1b| Caesarea| Acts 23:33
Acts 25:2a| chief| Acts 25:15;| 24:1
Acts 25:3a| ambush| Acts 23:16, 12
Acts 25:3b| do| Acts 23:15, 21
Acts 25:51| influential
| Lit., powerful.
Acts 25:52| wrong
| Or, out of place, amiss.
Acts 25:5a| accuse| Acts 25:11
Acts 25:6a| judgment| Acts 25:10, 17;| Matt. 27:19
Acts 25:7a| charges| Acts 25:18, 11;| cf. Luke 23:2, 10
Acts 25:7b| not| Acts 24:13
Acts 25:81a| defense| Acts 24:10;| 25:16
| See note 12 in ch. 22.
Acts 25:8b| Neither| Acts 24:12;| 28:17
Acts 25:8c| law| Acts 6:13
Acts 25:8d| temple| Acts 24:6
Acts 25:8e| Caesar| John 19:12
Acts 25:91| gain
| This exposed the corruption of another Roman politician. See notes 13 in ch. 23 and 273 in ch. 24.
Acts 25:9a| favor| Acts 24:27
Acts 25:9b| Jerusalem| Acts 25:20
Acts 25:10a| judgment| Acts 25:6, 17
Acts 25:10b| nothing| Acts 23:9
Acts 25:11a| worthy| Acts 25:25;| 23:29;| 26:31;| 28:18
Acts 25:11b| accuse| Acts 25:5, 7, 16;| 24:19
Acts 25:111c| appeal| Acts 25:21, 25;| 26:32;| 28:19
| For his defense Paul wanted to appeal to Caesar (see notes 12 in ch. 22 and 322 in ch. 26). This would allow him to fulfill his desire to see Rome for the furtherance of the Lord’s testimony (19:21) and was according to the Lord’s indication to him (23:11). Without this appeal he would have been killed by the Jews who plotted against him (cf. 23:12-15; 25:1-3, 9) and would not have been able to write his last eight Epistles. Before his appeal to Rome, he had written only six Epistles: 1 and 2|Thessalonians, Galatians, Romans, and 1 and 2|Corinthians. During his first imprisonment in Rome he wrote Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Philemon. After that imprisonment he wrote 1|Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews. Then, during his second imprisonment he wrote 2|Timothy. Without these last eight Epistles, what a lack the divine revelation would have and what a loss the church would have suffered! His appeal did render great profit and benefit to the Lord’s interest.
Acts 25:112| Caesar
| Caesar Nero.
Acts 25:121| council
| The council of a Roman province, composed of the councilors or assessors chosen by the governor of the province, with whom the governor usually consulted concerning an appeal like Paul’s.
Acts 25:131a| Agrippa| Acts 25:23;| 26:30-31
| Herod Agrippa II, who reigned over the region north and east of Galilee, a Jew by religion, the son of the Herod in ch. 12.
Acts 25:132| Bernice
| The sister of Drusilla, Felix’s wife (24:24). She was also a sister of Agrippa, with whom she lived incestuously. This again showed the corruption of the politicians in the circle of Roman politics. See note 13 in ch. 23.
Acts 25:13b| Caesarea| Acts 25:1
Acts 25:14a| left| Acts 24:27
Acts 25:14b| prisoner| Acts 25:27
Acts 25:14c| Felix| Acts 23:24
Acts 25:15a| chief| Acts 25:2
Acts 25:16a| custom| John 7:51
Acts 25:16b| accused| Acts 25:11
Acts 25:16c| accusers| Acts 23:30
Acts 25:16d| defense| Acts 25:8
Acts 25:17a| judgment| Acts 25:6, 10
Acts 25:18a| charge| Acts 25:7
Acts 25:19a| questions| Acts 23:9, 29
Acts 25:191| religion
| See note 222 in ch. 17.
Acts 25:19b| alive| Acts 17:18
Acts 25:201| being
| Or, being perplexed; i.e., not knowing what to do.
Acts 25:20a| Jerusalem| Acts 25:9
Acts 25:211| the
| Lit., the Augustus; a title of the Roman emperor. So also in v. 25.
Acts 25:21a| Emperor| Acts 25:25
Acts 25:23a| Agrippa| Acts 25:13;| 26:32
Acts 25:231| commanders
| See note 311 in ch. 21.
Acts 25:24a| Jews| Acts 25:2, 7
Acts 25:24b| not| Acts 22:22
Acts 25:25a| worthy| Acts 25:11
Acts 25:25b| appealed| Acts 25:11
Acts 25:251| decided
| This was the sovereignty of the Lord.
Acts 25:261| you
| Plural, referring to the commanders and prominent men who were present (v. 23).
Acts 25:27a| prisoner| Acts 25:14