Hechos 25:9

9 Pero Festo, queriendo congraciarse con los judíos, le preguntó:—¿Estás dispuesto a subir a Jerusalén para ser juzgado allí ante mí?

Hechos 25:9 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:9

But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
As did his predecessor Felix, ( Acts 24:27 ) he being just entered upon his new government, and having met with some caresses and civilities from the Jews at Jerusalem, by whom he had been much pressed and urged about the affair of the apostle:

answered Paul, and said, wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be
judged of these things before me?
meaning by the Jewish sanhedrim, he Festus being present: this was what the Jews had requested of him when he was at Jerusalem, that he would send for Paul thither, and there let him be judged, and which request he had denied; but having been solicited and importuned by the Jews, perhaps as, they came down together, he was inclined to gratify them, and to admit of it that he should be tried at Jerusalem, before the sanhedrim, he being present; and yet he was unwilling to do this without the prisoner's consent, he being a freeman of a Roman city; fearing he should be charged with delivering up a Roman into the hands of the Jews, which might be resented by the emperor and the Roman senate, should it come to their knowledge.

Hechos 25:9 In-Context

7 Cuando este se presentó, los judíos que habían bajado de Jerusalén lo rodearon, formulando contra él muchas acusaciones graves que no podían probar.

8 Pablo se defendía:—No he cometido ninguna falta, ni contra la ley de los judíos ni contra el templo ni contra el emperador.

9 Pero Festo, queriendo congraciarse con los judíos, le preguntó:—¿Estás dispuesto a subir a Jerusalén para ser juzgado allí ante mí?

10 Pablo contestó:—Ya estoy ante el tribunal del emperador, que es donde se me debe juzgar. No les he hecho ningún agravio a los judíos, como usted sabe muy bien.

11 Si soy culpable de haber hecho algo que merezca la muerte, no me niego a morir. Pero si no son ciertas las acusaciones que estos judíos formulan contra mí, nadie tiene el derecho de entregarme a ellos para complacerlos. ¡Apelo al emperador!