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

17So when they came together here, I did not delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought in. 18When the accusers stood up, they were not bringing a charge of what crimes I suspected. Instead, they had certain issues with him about their own religion and about a certain Yeshua, who had died, whom Paul claimed to be alive. 20“Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem to be tried there in regard to them. 21But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

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 he arrived, the Judeans who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many serious charges which they could not prove.
• Acts 18:15But since it is issues about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of these.”
• Acts 23:29I found that he was accused concerning issues of their law, but charged with nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.
• Acts 17:22So Paul stood in the middle of the Aereopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in all ways you are very religious.
• Acts 1:22beginning with His immersion by John until the day He was taken up from us—must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
• Acts 2:32“This Yeshua God raised up—we all are witnesses!
• Acts 17:31For He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness, through a Man whom He has appointed. He has brought forth evidence of this to all men, by raising Him from the dead.”
• Acts 26:22Since I have had God’s help, to this day I have stood here testifying to both small and great. I am saying nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to happen—
• 1 Corinthians 15:3For I also passed on to you first of all what I also received— that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
• Revelation 1:18and the One who lives. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever! Moreover, I hold the keys of death and Sheol.

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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• Paul, Saul
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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