Actes 25:27

27 Car il ne me semble pas raisonnable d'envoyer un prisonnier, sans indiquer de quoi on l'accuse.

Actes 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.

Actes 25:27 In-Context

25 Ayant reconnu cependant qu'il n'a rien fait qui soit digne de mort, et lui-même en ayant appelé à l'empereur, j'ai résolu de l'y envoyer.

26 Je n'ai rien de certain à écrire à l'empereur à son sujet, c'est pourquoi je l'ai fait venir en votre présence, et principalement devant toi, roi Agrippa, afin que lorsqu'il aura été examiné, j'aie quelque chose à écrire.

27 Car il ne me semble pas raisonnable d'envoyer un prisonnier, sans indiquer de quoi on l'accuse.