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Roman Law as God's Instrument
Commentators unanimously highlight that Festus is stating a key principle of Roman law: the right of an accused person to face their accusers and present a defense. This legal standard, which Festus proudly proclaimed, directly protected Paul from the Jewish leaders' plot to have him condemned without a fair trial, showing how God can use secular systems for His purposes.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 25:16
18th Century
Theologian
It is not the manner, etc. He states here the reasons he gave to the Jews for not delivering Paul into their hands. In Acts 25:4-5, we hav…
AT Robertson
On Acts 25:16
It is not the custom of the Romans (οτ ουκ εστιν εθος Ρωμαιοις). If a direct quotation, οτ is recitative as in Authorized Version.…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 25:16
19th Century
Bishop
To whom I answered...—The facts of the case are stated with fair accuracy, but there is a certain measure of ostentation …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 25:13–16
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 25:16
Festus told Agrippa how the Jewish leaders confronted him with Paul’s case when he first went to Jerusalem and that they had asked for Paul’s death…
John Gill
On Acts 25:16
17th Century
Pastor
To whom I answered
As follows:
it is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die; or t…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 25:13–27
17th Century
Minister
Agrippa had the government of Galilee. How many unjust and hasty judgments the Roman maxim (Acts 25:16) condemns! This heathen, guided …