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Acts 25:1-27
The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-27
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Matthew Henry on Acts 25:1-12Acts 25:1-12 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentarySee how restless malice is. Persecutors deem it a peculiar favour to have their malice gratified. Preaching Christ, the end of the law, was no offence against the law. In suffering times the prudence of the Lord's peopl…Paul Arraigned before Festus; Paul's Fourth Defence; Paul Appeals to CæsarActs 25:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BiblePAUL ARRAIGNED BEFORE FESTUS; PAUL'S FOURTH DEFENCE; PAUL APPEALS TO CÆSAR. We commonly say, "New lords, new laws, new customs;" but here was a new governor, and yet Paul had the same treatment from him that he had from…The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1Acts 25:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryFoetus therefore having come for now when Foetus was come, A.V.; went up for he ascended, A.V.; to Jerusalem from Casarea for from Caesarea to Jerusalem, A.V. The province ( ἐπαρχία); above, Acts 23:1-35. 34. After th…The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-12Acts 25:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryPersistent hatred. There is a bitterness and a dogged persistency in the enmity of an Oriental, and an inextinguishable thirst for revenge, which are unlike anything we know of among ourselves. Some knowledge and percep…The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-16Acts 25:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe enlightened, the unenlightened, and the great Overruler. This piece of sacred history suggests— I. THAT SOMETIMES THE BLACKEST DEEDS LIE AT THE DOOR OF THE ENLIGHTENED. Who more enlightened than these Jews, so far a…The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-12Acts 25:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryTenacity in right. Paul is brought before a fresh judge. He defends the principles of duty and right in the same spirit as before, with perfect boldness, as the state of the matter demands, and at the same time with due…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Acts 25:1-12See how restless malice is. Persecutors deem it a peculiar favour to have their malice gratified. Preaching Christ, the end of the law, was no offence against the law. In suffering times the prudence of the Lord's peopl…Matthew HenrycommentaryPaul Arraigned before Festus; Paul's Fourth Defence; Paul Appeals to CæsarPAUL ARRAIGNED BEFORE FESTUS; PAUL'S FOURTH DEFENCE; PAUL APPEALS TO CÆSAR. We commonly say, "New lords, new laws, new customs;" but here was a new governor, and yet Paul had the same treatment from him that he had from…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-16The enlightened, the unenlightened, and the great Overruler. This piece of sacred history suggests— I. THAT SOMETIMES THE BLACKEST DEEDS LIE AT THE DOOR OF THE ENLIGHTENED. Who more enlightened than these Jews, so far a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1Foetus therefore having come for now when Foetus was come, A.V.; went up for he ascended, A.V.; to Jerusalem from Casarea for from Caesarea to Jerusalem, A.V. The province ( ἐπαρχία); above, Acts 23:1-35. 34. After th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-12Tenacity in right. Paul is brought before a fresh judge. He defends the principles of duty and right in the same spirit as before, with perfect boldness, as the state of the matter demands, and at the same time with due…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-12Persistent hatred. There is a bitterness and a dogged persistency in the enmity of an Oriental, and an inextinguishable thirst for revenge, which are unlike anything we know of among ourselves. Some knowledge and percep…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:1-12The way opened to Rome. I. A WAY WHICH HAD TO BE CUT THROUGH JEWISH CRAFT AND MALICE on the one hand, and ROMAN INDIFFERENCE AND AVARICE on the other. Festers: a true heathen, ignorant, worldly, ready to use power for s…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:2And for then, A.V.; chief priests for high priest, A.V. and T.R.; principal men for chief, A.V.; and they besought for and besought, A.V. Chief priests; as in Acts 25:15 and Acts 22:30. But the reading of the T.R., "the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors