ACTS 25:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.”
Festus said: 'King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in loud demands, asserting that he ought not to live any longer.' - Festus frames Paul as the object of universal Jewish condemnation: 'the whole Jewish community' (pan to plēthos tōn Ioudaiōn, pan to plēthos tōn Ioudaiōn) has 'petitioned' (entynchanō, entynchanō-'appealed to') him 'in loud demands' (boōn, boōn-'shouting'). Festus's language reveals the pressure: death is what 'they' demand. Yet his description of Paul's case to Agrippa will undermine this verdict.
Church Fathers on Acts 25:24
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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