The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:18

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Concerning for against, A.V.; no charge for none accusation, A.V.; evil things for things, A.V. and T.R. They brought no charge. The expression, common in classical writers, ἐπιφέρειν αἰτίαν, answers to the Latin legal phrase, crimen inferre (Cicero, 'Contr.

Verrem.,' 5.41; 'Ad Herenn.,' 4.35). Such evil things as I supposed; viz. seditions, insurrections, murders, and such like, which were so rife at this time.

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