Acts 25:9

But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?”

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WEBBE

But Festus, desiring to gain favour with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be judged by me there concerning these things?”

BSB

But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”

KJV

But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

ASV

But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

BBE

But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?

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Ὁ Ho (the) G3588 Φῆστος Phēstos Festus G5347 δὲ de however G1161 θέλων thelōn wishing G2309 τοῖς tois from the G3588 Ἰουδαίοις Ioudaiois Jews G2453 χάριν charin a favor G5485 καταθέσθαι katathesthai to lay G2698 ἀποκριθεὶς apokritheis answering G611 τῷ tō (the) G3588 Παύλῳ Paulō Paul G3972 εἶπεν eipen said G2036 θέλεις theleis Are you willing G2309 εἰς eis to G1519 Ἱεροσόλυμα Hi'erosoluma Jerusalem G2414 ἀναβὰς anabas having gone up G305 ἐκεῖ ekei there G1563 περὶ peri concerning G4012 τούτων toutōn these things G3778 κριθῆναι krithēnai to be judged G2919 ἐπ ep᾽ before G1909 ἐμοῦ; emou me G1473

The early church

While as yet he had not got acquainted with the Jews, nor experienced the honor paid to him by them, he answered rightly: but now that he had been in Jerusalem ten days, he too wants to pleasure them by sacrificing Paul to them: then, also to receive Paul, "Wilt thou," says he, "be judged there of these things by me?" I am not giving thee up to them - but this was the fact - and he leaves the point to his own choice, that by this mark of respect he might get him to yield: since his was the sentence, and it would have been too barefaced, when he had been convicted of nothing here, to take him back thither.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–12

See 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 people is tried, as well as their patience; they need wisdom. It becomes those who are innocent, to insist upon their innocence. Paul was willing to abide by the rules of the law, and to let that take its course. If he deserved death, he would accept the punishment. But if none of the things whereof they accused him were true, no man could deliver him unto them, with justice. Paul is neither released nor condemned. It is an instance of the slow steps which Providence takes; by which we are often made ashamed, both of our hopes and of our fears, and are kept waiting on God.

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PaulPortius Jerusalem

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Opinion, PublicChange Of Venue

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.