Acts 25:19

Instead, they had certain disputes with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claims to be alive.

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But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

In Context

18When the accusers stood up and accused him, I thought that none of the charges that they brought against him were serious.

20I was not certain about how to investigate this matter, and so I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem to stand trial there about these charges.

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Cross References

Acts 1:22beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was taken up from us, must be a witness with us of his resurrection.”

Acts 17:22So Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.

Acts 18:15But since these are questions about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of these matters.”

Acts 23:29I learned that he was being accused about questions concerning their own law, but that there was no accusation against him that deserved death or imprisonment.

Acts 26:22God has helped me until now, so I stand and testify to the common people and to the great ones about nothing more than what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

1 Corinthians 15:14and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

Matthew Henry on Acts 25:14-27

Agrippa's Visit to Festus; Paul Arraigned before Agrippa. 13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus. 14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix: 15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. 16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before… Read the whole commentary →

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