Gevurot 25:27

27 "For it seems unreasonable to me sending a prisoner and not having charges to report against him."

Gevurot 25:27 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:27

For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner
A man bound as if he was a malefactor, and guilty of some heinous crimes, to Rome, to be tried before Caesar:

and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him;
for which he is a prisoner, and for which he is sent to the emperor: it seemed to Festus an absurd thing, and what might be justly looked upon by his master, a foolish, silly, and stupid piece of conduct, and void of common sense and reason, mere madness and folly; to send him a prisoner, and not signify in his letter to him, what was laid to his charge; and yet this was so dark and obscure, that he could not tell what to make of it, nor what to write to his lord about it; and hoped therefore, upon this re-examination of Paul before Agrippa, he should come to a more certain knowledge of this affair, and be better furnished to give Nero an account of it, to whom the apostle had appealed.

Gevurot 25:27 In-Context

25 "But I found he has done nothing worthy of mavet, and when he appealed to Caesar, I decided to send him.

26 "But I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign; therefore, I especially brought him before you, O Agrippa HaMelech, so that, after you have examined him, I may have something I may write.

27 "For it seems unreasonable to me sending a prisoner and not having charges to report against him."