Bible Commentary

Acts 25:11

Acts 25:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

I appeal: An appeal to the emperor was the right of a Roman citizen, and was highly respected. The Julian law condemned those magistrates, and others, as violaters of the public peace, who had put to death, tortured, scourged, imprisoned, or condemned any Roman citizen who had appealed to Cesar. This law was so sacred and imperative, that, in the persecution under Trajan, Pliny would not attempt to put to death Roman citizens, who were proved to have turned Christians, but determined to send them to Rome, probably because they had appealed. , , , ;

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Recommended reading

More for Acts 25:11

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Acts 25 — OverviewActs 25 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSome think that Felix was turned out, and Festus succeeded him, quickly after Paul's imprisonment, and that the two years mentioned in the close of the foregoing chapter are to be reckoned from the beginning of…Acts 25 — OverviewActs 25 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeActs 25:1, The Jews accuse Paul before Festus; Acts 25:8, He answers for himself, Acts 25:11. and appeals unto Caesar; Acts 25:14, Afterwards Festus opens his matter to king Agrippa; Acts 25:23, and he is brought forth;…Acts 25:1-12Acts 25:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe commonly say, "New lords, new laws, new customs;" but here was a new governor, and yet Paul had the same treatment from him that he had from the former, and no better. Festus, like Felix, is not so just to him…Acts 25:1-12Acts 25:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryPersistent hatred. There is a bitterness and a dogged persistency in the enmity of an Oriental, and an inextinguishable thirst for revenge, which are unlike anything we know of among ourselves. Some knowledge and…Acts 25:1-12Acts 25:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryTenacity in right. Paul is brought before a fresh judge. He defends the principles of duty and right in the same spirit as before, with perfect boldness, as the state of the matter demands, and at the same time with…Acts 25:1-12Acts 25:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe way opened to Rome. I. A WAY WHICH HAD TO BE CUT THROUGH JEWISH CRAFT AND MALICE on the one hand, and ROMAN INDIFFERENCE AND AVARICE on the other. Festers: a true heathen, ignorant, worldly, ready to use power for…