Acts 25:25

25 But I understood [that] he had done nothing deserving death himself, and [when] this man appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send [him].

Acts 25:25 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:25

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of
death
Which was a public testimony of the apostle's innocence, to the great mortification of his enemies, some of whom might be present; a like testimony was given of him by Lysias, ( Acts 23:29 ) .

And that he himself hath appealed unto Augustus;
the Emperor Nero; see ( Acts 25:21 ) .

I have determined to send him;
having had the opinion of his council upon it.

Acts 25:25 In-Context

23 So on the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pageantry and entered into the audience hall, along with military tribunes and the most prominent men of the city. And [when] Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.

24 And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole population of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting [that] he must not live any longer.

25 But I understood [that] he had done nothing deserving death himself, and [when] this man appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send [him].

26 I do not have anything definite to write to [my] lord about {him}. Therefore I have brought him before you [all]--and especially before you, King Agrippa--so that [after] this preliminary hearing has taken place, I may have something to write.

27 For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not to indicate the charges against him."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("appealed to")
• [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation