Study it in the app“And after staying among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he ordered Paul to be brought.”
Andδὲafter stayingΔιατρίψαςamongἐνthemαὐτοῖςnotοὐmore thanπλείουςeightὀκτὼorἢtenδέκαdays,ἡμέραςhe went downκαταβὰςtoεἰςCaesarea,Καισάρειανandthe next day,τῇ ἐπαύριονsittingκαθίσαςonἐπὶthe judgment seat,τοῦ βήματοςhe orderedἐκέλευσενPaulτὸν Παῦλονto be brought.ἀχθῆναι
stay, spend time
Stay, spend some time.
Where else “Diatripsas” appearsmore
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleious” appearseight
Eight.
Where else “oktō” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “deka” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appearsgo down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabas” appearsCaesarea
See it on the mapWhere else “Kaisareian” appearsthe next day
The next day.
Where else “epaurion” appearssit down
To take a seat, often to teach, judge or reign.
Where else “kathisas” appearsjudgment seat
The seat where the judge sits.
Where else “bēmatos” appearsorder, command
Order, command, give the word for something to be done.
Where else “ekeleusen” appearsPaul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulon” appearslead
To lead a person or an animal from one place to another.
Where else “achthēnai” appearsCaesarea
Today: Caesarea Maritima ruins, Israel
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
There Peter announced the good news to Cornelius and his household (Acts 10:1-48). Paul was kept prisoner there before being sent to Rome (Acts 23:23; 25:1).
5“So,” he says, “let those among you who have authority, going down with me, accuse him, if there is anything wrong in the man.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And when he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges which they could not prove,
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?
