ACTS 25:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.”
'I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges.' - Festus's confession 'I was at a loss' (diaporeō, diaporeō-'I was perplexed') admits the limits of his jurisdiction and competence. Religious disputes exceed Roman magistrates' purview; hence his offer to move the trial to Jerusalem, where Jewish authorities could judge. His uncertainty, however, led him to bend toward injustice-the very weakness Paul had to overcome.
Church Fathers on Acts 25:20
And not knowing, for my part, what to make of the enquiry concerning these things Acts 25:20— of course, it went beyond a judge's hearing, the examining into these matters. If you are at a loss, why do you drag him to Jerusalem? But the other would not deign this: no, To Cæsar (says he); as in fact it was touching Cæsar that they accused him. Do you hear the appeal? Hear the plotting of the Jews? Hear their factious spirit? All these things provoked him to a desire (of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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