Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
desired favour—in Acts 25:15, "judgment."
against him—It would seem that they had the insolence to ask him to have the prisoner executed even without a trial (Acts 25:16).
laying wait . . . to kill him—How deep must have been their hostility, when two years after the defeat of their former attempt, they thirst as keenly as ever for his blood! Their plea for having the case tried at Jerusalem, where the alleged offense took place, was plausible enough; but from Acts 25:10 it would seem that Festus had been made acquainted with their causeless malice, and that in some way which Paul was privy to.
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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 25:3:
Acts 25:1-3
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