Acts 25:20
And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
Acts 25:20 in other translations
| BSB | Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges. |
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| WEB | Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters. |
| ASV | And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters. |
| YLT | and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things-- |
| DARBY | And as I myself was at a loss as to an inquiry into these things, I said, Was he willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be judged concerning these things? |
| BBE | And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there. |
| Webster | And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters. |
What does Acts 25:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 25:16-21
16-21. to deliver any man to die--On the word "deliver up," see on Ac 25:11.
Barnes' Notes
(1) "doubted" "Or, I was doubtful how to inquire hereof"
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 25:13-27
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…
Acts 25:20 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 25:20
- Acts 25:9
But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
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Context
- Acts 25:19
But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- Acts 25:20
And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
- Acts 25:21
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cesar.
Acts 25:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y yo, dudando en cuestión semejante, dije, si quería ir á Jerusalem, y allá ser juzgado de estas cosas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et comme moi j’étais dans l’embarras pour procéder à une information sur ces choses, je demandai à cet homme s’il voulait aller à Jérusalem pour y être jugé quant à ces choses. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da ich aber hinsichtlich der Untersuchung wegen dieser Dinge in Verlegenheit war, sagte ich, ob er nach Jerusalem gehen und daselbst wegen dieser Dinge gerichtet werden wolle. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæsitans autem ego de hujusmodi quæstione, dicebam si vellet ire Jerosolymam, et ibi judicari de istis. |