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Acts 25:6
After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Festus concludes a brief visit to Jerusalem and returns to Caesarea to resume his official duties. He takes his seat on the judgment seat the following day and commands that Paul be brought before him for trial.
The words — διατρίψας (diatripsas) literally means "having spent [time]," specifying that Festus limited his Jerusalem stay to no more than eight or ten days. δὲ (de) operates as a narrative pivot, marking the immediate transition to the next day's judicial proceedings.
The thread — Festus’s prompt convening of the court parallels his own procedural summary in Acts 25:17 and reflects the same judicial pattern when Pilate sits on the judgment seat in Matthew 27:19. Paul will later appeal to that exact authority when he declares he stands before Caesar’s judgment seat in Acts 25:10.
Why it lands — The text records that justice requires a timely hearing and an orderly transfer of a prisoner to the proper judicial venue. A reader must acknowledge that legal proceedings depend on structured process rather than extended delays or unverified accusations.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
Cross-references
- Acts 25:10 Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
- Acts 25:17 So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
- Matthew 27:19 While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
- John 19:13 When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
- Acts 18:12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- James 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?