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Acts 25:2
where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Festus has just arrived in Jerusalem three days after reaching the province, and the chief priests and Jewish leaders present their case against Paul directly to him. They immediately urge the new governor to take action regarding the prisoner.
The words — The text uses ἐνεφάνισαν (enephanisan), meaning "made a presentation," to describe how the chief priests and first men formally laid out their accusations. The particle τε (te) simply links this presentation to Festus's immediate presence.
The thread — This pattern of religious leaders formally presenting a case against Paul recurs in Acts 24:1 and Acts 25:15. The underlying motive of orchestrating a violent ambush echoes the malicious plotting described in Proverbs 4:16.
Why it lands — The passage requires a reader to recognize that legal proceedings are being driven by coordinated opposition rather than impartial justice. It demands attention to how authority figures are immediately pressured to act against a defendant.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
Cross-references
- Acts 25:15 While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
- Proverbs 4:16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Acts 24:1 Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Romans 3:12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
- Job 31:31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—