21But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
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At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. …
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-27)We have here the preparation that was made for another hearing of Paul before King Agrippa, not in order to his giving judgment upon him, but in order to his giving advice concerning him, or rather only to gratify his curiosity. Christ had said, concerning his followers, that they should be brought before governors and kings . In the former part of this chapter Paul was brought before Festus the g…
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