Acts 25
| Acts 25 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Acts 15:22-24 in Latin (left column) and Greek (right column) in Codex Laudianus, written about AD 550. | |
| Book | Acts of the Apostles |
| Category | Church history |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 5 |
Acts 25 is the twenty-fifth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[2]
Text
The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 27 verses. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
- Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450)
- Codex Laudianus (ca. AD 550)
Location
The events in this chapter took place in Caesarea and Jerusalem.
Structure
This chapter can be grouped:
- Acts 25:1–12 = Paul Appeals to Caesar
- Acts 25:13–27 = Paul Before Agrippa
Verse 12
- Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!”[3]
Verse 27
- [Festus said to Agrippa:] "For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him."[4]
See also
References
- ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ Acts 25:12
- ^ Acts 25:27
