Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 25, verses 13-19
11 and appealeth unto Caesar, 14 Afterwards, Festus openeth his matter to King AgrippaJohn, Chapter 16, verses 23-33
23 assureth their prayers made in his name to be acceptable to his Father, 33 Peace in Christ, and in the world affliction16
16:23 Ye shall not question me about any thing - Which you do not now understand. You will not need to inquire of me; for you will know all things clearly. Whatsoever ye shall ask - Knowledge, love, or any thing else, he will give it - Our Lord here gives us a charte blanche. Believer, write down what thou wilt. He had said, Joh 14:13, I will do it, where the discourse was ofglorifying the Father through the Son. Here, speaking of the love of the Father to believers, he saith, He will give it.
16:24 Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name - For they had asked him directly for all they wanted.
16:26 At that day ye shall ask - For true knowledge begets prayer.And I say not that I will pray - This in nowise implies that he will not: it means only, The Father himself now loves you, not only because of my intercession, but also because of the faith and love which he hath wrought in you.
16:30 Thou knowest all things - Even our hearts. Although no question is asked thee, yet thou answerest the thoughts of every one. By this we believe that thou camest forth from God - They, as it were, echo back the words which he had spoken in Joh 16:27, implying, We believe in God; we believe also in thee.
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25:13 Agrippa - The son of Herod Agrippa, Act 12:1;and Bernice - His sister, with whom he lived in a scandalous familiarity. This was the person whom Titus Vespasian so passionately loved, that he would have made her empress, had not the clamours of the Romans prevented it.
25:15 Desiring judgment against him - As upon a previous conviction, which they falsely pretended.
25:16 It is not the custom of the Romans - How excellent a rule, to condemn no one unheard! A rule, which as it is common to all nations, (courts of inquisition only excepted,) so it ought to direct our proceedings in all affairs, not only in public, but private life.
25:18 Such things as I supposed - From their passion and vehemence.
25:19 But had certain questions - How coldly does he mention the things of the last importance! And about one Jesus - Thus does Festus speak of Him, to whom every knee shall bow! Whom Paul affirmed to be alive - And was this a doubtful question? But why, O Festus, didst thou doubt concerning it? Only because thou didst not search into the evidence of it. Otherwise that evidence might have opened to thee, till it had grown up into full conviction; and thy illustrious prisoner have led thee into the glorious liberty of the children of God.