When he had conferred with the council (συνλαλησας μετα του συμβουλιου). The word συμβουλιον in the N.T. usually means "counsel" a…

When he had conferred with the council. With his associate judges, or with those who were his counselors in the administration of justice.…

Have you appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go.—There is obviously something like a sneer in the procurator’s accept…

The die was cast; there was no need to argue the matter any further.

Festus’s discussion with his advisors was probably not whether an appeal to Caesar should be allowed. Rather, he had to determine (1) whether the c…

Festus having talked with the council — the governors used to have certain of the chief citizens who attended them and sat with them in ju…

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council
Not with the Jewish sanhedrim, or any part of it that came down …

See how restless malice is. Persecutors consider it a special favor to have their malice satisfied. Preaching Christ, the end of the law, was no of…