Apostelgeschichte 25:27

27 Denn es dünkt mich ein ungeschicktes Ding zu sein, einen Gefangenen schicken und keine Ursachen wider ihn anzuzeigen.

Apostelgeschichte 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.

Apostelgeschichte 25:27 In-Context

25 Aber, da ich vernahm, daß er nichts getan hatte, das des Todes wert sei, und er sich selber auf den Kaiser berief, habe ich beschlossen, ihn zu senden.

26 Etwas Gewisses aber habe ich von ihm nicht, das ich dem Herrn schreibe. Darum habe ich ihn lassen hervorbringen vor euch, allermeist aber vor dir, König Agrippa, auf daß ich nach geschehener Erforschung haben möge, was ich schreibe.

27 Denn es dünkt mich ein ungeschicktes Ding zu sein, einen Gefangenen schicken und keine Ursachen wider ihn anzuzeigen.