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To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused have met the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
It is not the custom of the Romans (οτ ουκ εστιν εθος Ρωμαιοις). If a direct quotation, οτ is recitative as in Authorized Version.…
19th Century
Anglican
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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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…
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To whom I answered As follows:
it is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die; or t…
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Agrippa had the government of Galilee. How many unjust and hasty judgments the Roman maxim (Acts 25:16) condemns! This heathen, guided …
