Kisah Para Rasul 24:27
Konteks24:27 After two years 1 had passed, Porcius Festus 2 succeeded Felix, 3 and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison. 4
Kisah Para Rasul 25:9
Konteks25:9 But Festus, 5 wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried 6 before me there on these charges?” 7
[24:27] 1 tn Grk “After a two-year period.”
[24:27] 2 sn Porcius Festus was the procurator of Palestine who succeeded Felix; neither the beginning nor the end of his rule (at his death) can be determined with certainty, although he appears to have died in office after about two years. Nero recalled Felix in
[24:27] 3 tn Grk “Felix received as successor Porcius Festus.”
[24:27] sn See the note on Felix in 23:26.
[24:27] 4 tn Grk “left Paul imprisoned.”
[24:27] sn Felix left Paul in prison. Luke makes the point that politics got in the way of justice here; keeping Paul in prison was a political favor to the Jews.