Acts 25:5
“Therefore,” he said, “the prominent men among you, let them go with me and accuse this man, if there is anything in this man.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
4But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he was about to go there shortly.
Cross References
John 18:29Then Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”
Acts 23:30And when it became known to me that a plot against the man by the Jews was about to happen, I sent him at once to you, and also commanded the accusers to state the charges against him before you. Farewell.
Acts 25:16To them I answered, ‘It is not a custom with Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the one being accused may meet his accusers face to face, and may receive an opportunity for defense concerning the charge.’
Acts 25:25But when I came to understand him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also he had appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
Matthew Henry on Acts 25:2-13
Paul Arraigned before Festus; Paul's Fourth Defence; Paul Appeals to Cæsar. 1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem. 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. 4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. 5 Let them therefore, said… Read the whole commentary →