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- Acts
- Chapter 25
- Verse 5
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
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Gill's Exposition
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able,.... Who are at leisure, can spare time, and to whom it will be convenient, without interrupting other business, to take such a journey; and who…
Barnes' Notes
Which among you are able - Enjoy all the advantages of just trial, and exhibit your accusations with all the learning and talent in your power. This was all that they could reasonably ask at his…
Adam Clarke
Let them - which among you are able - Οἱ δυνατοι, Those who have authority; for so is this word often used by good Greek authors, and by Josephus. Festus seems to have said: "I have heard clamours…
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
Let them therefore … which among you are able R. V."which are of power among you." The words of Festus do not refer to whether some of them could go to Cæsarea or not, but to the character of those…
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