Acts 25:24

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men that be with us, ye see this man, of which all the multitude of Jews prayed me at Jerusalem, and asked, and cried, that he should live no longer. (And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who be with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews at Jerusalem beseeched me, and asked, and cried, that he should no longer live.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

In Context

23And on the tother day (or And on the next day), when Agrippa and Bernice came with great desire, [or (with much) pride of state], and entered into the auditorium, with tribunes and the principal men of the city, when Festus bade, Paul was brought (in).

25But I found, that he had done nothing worthy of death; and I deemed to send him to the emperor (or and I decided to send him to Caesar), for he appealed this thing, [or soothly him appealing this thing to the emperor, I deemed to send (him to him)].

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Cross References

Luke 23:21And they cried out, and said, Crucify, crucify him.

Acts 25:2And the princes of (the) priests, and the worthiest [or the first] of the Jews went to him against Paul, and prayed him, (And the high priests, and the leaders of the Jews went before him against Paul, and beseeched him,)

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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