Acts 25:17

17 So when they met here, I lost no time, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.

Acts 25:17 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:17

Therefore when they were come hither
To Caesarea, namely the chief priests and elders of the Jews:

without any delay on the morrow, I sat on the judgment seat:
that is, the next day after they came down, Festus went into the judgment hall, and took his place there, in order to hear this cause; which circumstance he mentions, to show how expeditious he was:

and I commanded the man to be brought forth:
from his place of confinement, to the hall, to answer for himself.

Acts 25:17 In-Context

15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him and asked for a sentence against him.

16 I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met the accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the charge.

17 So when they met here, I lost no time, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.

18 When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the crimes that I was expecting.

19 Instead they had certain points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.