Gevurot 25:24

24 And Festus says, "Agrippa HaMelech and all here present with us, you see this man about whom K’lal Yisroel has petitioned me, both in Yerushalayim and here, shouting that he is no longer fit to live.

Gevurot 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.

Gevurot 25:24 In-Context

22 And Agrippa said to Festus, "I was desiring also myself to hear Rav Sha’ul." Then Festus says, "Tomorrow you will hear him."
23 Then on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered into the auditorium along with both the military tribunes and the chashuve anashim of Caesarea. And Festus the Moshel gave orders to have Rav Sha’ul brought in.
24 And Festus says, "Agrippa HaMelech and all here present with us, you see this man about whom K’lal Yisroel has petitioned me, both in Yerushalayim and here, shouting that he is no longer fit to live.
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.
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