Atos 25:7

7 Tendo ele comparecido, rodearam-no os judeus que haviam descido de Jerusalém, trazendo contra ele muitas e graves acusações, que não podiam provar.

Atos 25:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:7

And when he was come
Into court:

the Jews which came down from Jerusalem;
along with Festus, perhaps the high priest with the elders, and Tertullus the orator, as before:

stood round about;
either the Apostle Paul, or the judgment seat; the witnesses and accusers were to stand, as well as the person accused; (See Gill on Mark 14:57).

And laid many and grievous complaints against Paul; which they could
not prove;
for his moral conversation, both before and after conversion, was very strict and conformable to the laws of God and man; and yet as pure and inoffensive as he was, he was not exempt from the calumnies of men; and these many and very grievous; but it was his happiness, and to his honour through the grace of God, that his enemies could not make good anyone thing against him.

Atos 25:7 In-Context

5 Portanto - disse ele - as autoridades dentre vós desçam comigo e, se há nesse homem algum crime, acusem-no.

6 Tendo-se demorado entre eles não mais de oito ou dez dias, desceu a Cesaréia; e no dia seguinte, sentando-se no tribunal, mandou trazer Paulo.

7 Tendo ele comparecido, rodearam-no os judeus que haviam descido de Jerusalém, trazendo contra ele muitas e graves acusações, que não podiam provar.

8 Paulo, porém, respondeu em sua defesa: Nem contra a lei dos judeus, nem contra o templo, nem contra César, tenho pecado em coisa alguma.

9 Todavia Festo, querendo agradar aos judeus, respondendo a Paulo, disse: Queres subir a Jerusalém e ali ser julgado perante mim acerca destas coisas?