Acts 25:5
let those therefore of you who are able, go down with us, and accuse him of whatever guilt there is in the man.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Festos returned the word, That Paulos was kept in Cesarea, and I am hastening to proceed;
Cross References
John 18:29But Pilatos came forth to them without, and said to them, What accusation have you against this man?
Acts 23:30And when it was told me of the treachery of a plot which the Jihudoyee wrought against him, I straightway sent him to thee; and I have commanded his accusers to come and speak with him before thee. Farewell.
Acts 25:16And I told them, it was not the custom of the Romans to give any man as a gift to be killed, until his adversaries have come and accused him to his face, and there be given him place to defend himself against that of which he is accused.
Acts 25:25but I perceived not that he had done any thing worthy of death. And because he required to be reserved for the judgment of Caesar, I have commanded that he should be sent.
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 →