Acts 25:27

For it is seen to me without reason, to send a bound man, and not to signify the cause of him, (or and not to specify his case, or the charges, against him).

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In The King James Version

For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

In Context

26Of which man I have (it) not certain, what thing I shall write to the lord. For which thing I (have) brought him to you, and most (ly) to thee, thou king Agrippa [or O king Agrippa], that when asking is made (or so that after he is questioned), I have what I shall write.

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Cross References

Proverbs 18:13He that answereth before that he heareth, showeth himself to be a fool; and worthy of shame.

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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