27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
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Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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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