Study it in the app“And Festus says, “King Agrippa, and all you men who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.”
AndκαίFestusὁ Φῆστοςsays,φησιν“KingβασιλεῦAgrippa,Ἀγρίππαandκαὶallπάντεςyoumenἄνδρεςwho are presentοἱ συμπαρόντεςwith us,ἡμῖνyou seeθεωρεῖτεthis manτοῦτονaboutπερὶwhomοὗthe wholeἅπανmultitudeτὸ πλῆθοςof the Jewsτῶν Ἰουδαίωνpetitionedἐνέτυχόνme,μοιbothτεinἔνJerusalemἹεροσολύμοιςandκαὶhere,ἐνθάδεshoutingβοῶντεςthat heαὐτὸνought notμὴ δεῖνto liveζῆνany longer.μηκέτι
Festus
Festus: Porcius Festus, Roman governor of Judea about AD 59-62, after Felix.
Where else “Phēstos” appearssay
Say.
Where else “phēsin” appearsking
The one who rules a people with the highest authority.
Where else “basileu” appearsAgrippa
Agrippa: the name of two Herodian kings, Herod Agrippa I and his son Agrippa II; Paul spoke before the second.
Where else “Agrippa” appearsman
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appearsbe present with
Be present together with others.
Where else “symparontes” appearswatch
To observe something closely.
Where else “theōreite” appearsall
All, every one without exception.
Where else “hapan” appearscrowd
Many persons gathered.
Where else “plēthos” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appearsintercede
Approach someone on another's behalf.
Where else “enetychon” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Hierosolymois” appearshere
Here, to this place.
Where else “enthade” appearscry out
Cry out, shout loudly.
Where else “boōntes” appearsmust
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dein” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēn” appearsno longer
No longer, never again.
Where else “mēketi” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
23So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp and had entered into the audience hall with both commanders and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.
24 · This verse (above)
25But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and since he himself appealed to the Augustus, I decided to send him.
1. What it says
What does Paul say before Festus, and to whom does he appeal? (vv. 8-12)
2. What it means
Why does Paul prefer to appeal to Caesar rather than be tried in Jerusalem? (vv. 9-11)
3. How I live it
Paul used the legitimate means open to him when the situation was unjust. What means do you have before an unjust situation?
