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As they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul`s case before the King, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
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Commentators explain that Festus didn't bring up Paul's case randomly. He was consulting King Agrippa, whom Rome considered an expert on Jewish religious matters. As the official 'curator of the temple,' Agrippa was the ideal person to help the Roman governor understand the complex accusations against Paul.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Festus declared Paul's case. He did this, probably, because Agrippa, being a Jew, would be supposed to be interested in the case. It was n…
Tarried (διετριβον). Imperfect active of διατριβω, common verb for spending time (Acts 12:19, etc.).
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19th Century
Anglican
Festus declared Paul’s cause to the king.—The matter seems to have come up, as it were, in the course of conversation. Festus prob…
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Baptist
Festus must have felt profound contempt for the chief priests and elders of the Jews who clamored for Paul's death even before he had been tried, a…
Though Agrippa II did not rule over Judea, he had been appointed by Claudius to be “the curator of the temple,” with power to depose and appoint th…
16th Century
Protestant
When many days. Therefore, when some time had passed and they lacked topics for conversation—as idle people tend to invent something to ta…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when they had been there many days Indulging themselves in pleasure, and spending their time in conversing on va…
Agrippa had the government of Galilee. How many unjust and hasty judgments the Roman maxim (Acts 25:16) condemns! This heathen, guided …
