But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
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Gill's Exposition
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea,.... Or that he was kept there, and was in proper custody, under the care of a centurion, and should continue there; nor was there any reason…
Barnes' Notes
But Festus answered ... - What induced Festus to refuse their request is not known. It is probable, however, that he was apprised that Paul was a Roman citizen, and that his case could not come before…
Adam Clarke
Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea - It is truly astonishing that Festus should refuse this favor to the heads of the Jewish nation, which, to those who were not in the secret, must…
We 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…
Cambridge Bible
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept, &c. This hardly gives the force of the original, which is better rendered in the Rev. Ver., "that Paul was kept in charge at Cæsarea." The governor's…