Acts 25:24

24 And Festus saith: King Agrippa and all ye men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews dealt with me at Jerusalem, requesting and crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

Acts 25:24 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:24

And Festus said, King Agrippa
He addressed himself to him in the first place, as being the principal person, and of great dignity, as well as knowledge:

and all men which are here present with us;
the chief captains, and principal inhabitants of the city:

ye see this man
the prisoner at the bar, meaning Paul:

about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me:
applied unto him, interceded with him, and very importunately pressed and desired him to give judgment against him:

both at Jerusalem and also here;
at Caesarea, whither they came from Jerusalem to accuse him:

crying:
in a very noisy and clamorous way:

that he ought not to live any longer;
as they did before Lysias the chief captain, ( Acts 22:22 ) and so in the hearing of Festus; for it was his death they sought, and nothing else would satisfy them.

Acts 25:24 In-Context

22 And Agrippa said to Festus: I would also hear the man, myself. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

23 And on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice were come with great pomp and had entered into the hall of audience with the tribunes and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment, Paul was brought forth.

24 And Festus saith: King Agrippa and all ye men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews dealt with me at Jerusalem, requesting and crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

25 Yet have I found nothing that he hath committed worthy of death. But forasmuch as he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

26 Of whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. For which cause, I have brought him forth before you, and especially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, examination being made, I may have what to write.