Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 25:2
Then the high priest—a successor of him before whom Paul had appeared (Acts 23:2).
and the chief of the Jews—and "the whole multitude of the Jews" (Acts 25:24) clamorously.
informed him against Paul . . .
Acts 25:1-3
FESTUS, COMING TO JERUSALEM, DECLINES TO HAVE PAUL BROUGHT THITHER FOR JUDGMENT, BUT GIVES THE PARTIES A HEARING ON HIS RETURN TO CÆSAREA—ON FESTUS ASKING THE APOSTLE IF HE WOULD GO TO JERUSALEM FOR ANOTHER HEARING BEFORE HIM, HE IS CONSTRAINED IN JUSTICE TO HIS CAUSE TO APPEAL TO THE EMPEROR. (Acts 25:1-12)
Festus . . . after three days . . . ascended . . . to Jerusalem—to make himself acquainted with the great central city of his government without delay.
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