Acts 25:19

Acts 25:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
• New International Version (NIV)Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

Context of Acts 25:19

17“So the Jewish leaders came to Caesarea with me. The next day I immediately convened court and summoned the man. 18When his accusers stood up, they didn’t accuse him of the crimes I was expecting. They were disputing with him about their own religion and about some man named Jesus who had died. But Paul claimed that Jesus is alive. 20Their debate about these things left me puzzled. So I asked Paul if he would like to go to Jerusalem to have his case heard there. 21But Paul appealed his case. He asked to be held in prison and to have His Majesty the Emperor decide his case. So I ordered him to be held in prison until I could send him to the emperor.”

Acts 25:19 word by word

ζητήματα δέ τινα περὶ τῆς ἰδίας δεισιδαιμονίας εἶχον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ περί τινος Ἰησοῦ τεθνηκότος, ὃν ἔφασκεν ὁ Παῦλος ζῆν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• questionsζήτημαzētēma · a question/disputeG2213
• againstπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• their ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• superstitionδεισιδαιμονίαdeisidaimonia · religionG1175
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• which was deadθνῄσκωthnēskō · to die/be deadG2348
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• affirmedφάσκωphaskō · to claimG5335
• to be aliveζάωzaō · to liveG2198

Cross-references for Acts 25:19

• Acts 25:7When Paul entered the room, the Jews who had come from Jerusalem surrounded him. They made a lot of serious accusations that they couldn’t prove.
• Acts 18:15But since you’re disputing words, names, and your own teachings, you’ll have to take care of that yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge who gets involved in those things.”
• Acts 23:29and found their accusations had to do with disputes about their own laws. He wasn’t accused of anything for which he deserved to die or to be put into prison.
• Acts 17:22Paul stood in the middle of the court and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious.
• Acts 1:22This person must have been with us from the time that John was baptizing people to the day that Jesus was taken from us.”
• Acts 2:32“God brought this man Jesus back to life. We are all witnesses to that.
• Acts 17:31He has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice, and he will use a man he has appointed to do this. God has given proof to everyone that he will do this by bringing that man back to life.”
• Acts 26:22“God has been helping me to this day so that I can stand and testify to important and unimportant people. I tell them only what the prophets and Moses said would happen.
• 1 Corinthians 15:3I passed on to you the most important points of doctrine that I had received: Christ died to take away our sins as the Scriptures predicted.
• Revelation 1:18the living one. I was dead, but now I am alive forever. I have the keys of death and hell.

Commentaries on Acts 25:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Questions - of their own superstition - ; Questions concerning their own religion. Superstition meant something as bad among the Romans as it does among us; and is it likely that Festus, only a procurator, should thus speak to Agrippa, a King, concerning his own religion? He could not have done so without offering the highest insult. The word must therefore simply mean religion - the national creed, and the national worship, as I have at large proved it…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19But had certain questions - Certain inquiries, or litigated and disputed subjects; certain points of dispute in which they differed - ́ zētēmata tinaOf their own superstition - ́ deisidaimoniasThis word properly denotes “the worship or fear of demons”; but it was applied by the Greeks and Romans to the worship of their gods. It is the same word which is used in Acts 17:22, where it is used in a good sense. See the notes on that place. There are two…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-27Verses 13-27 Agrippa had the government of Galilee. How many unjust and hasty judgments the Roman maxim, ver. #(16), condemn! This heathen, guided only by the light of nature, followed law and custom exactly, yet how many Christians will not follow the rules of truth, justice, and charity, in judging their brethren! The questions about God's worship, the way of salvation, and the truths of the gospel, may appear doubtful and without interest, to worldly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20These verses provide the official reasons Festus gave for his actions (see also 25:9). There were no criminal charges against Paul. The objections were about their religion and focused on Paul's claim that Jesus is alive.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2116-21. to deliver any man to die--On the word "deliver up," see on Ac 25:11.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 25:19

• Indictments
• Paul
• Superstition

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• Jesus
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Commentaries on Acts 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings