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Acts 25

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Acts of the Apostles

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New Testament

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Church history

Acts 25

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. 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.

Contents

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 (c. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (c. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. AD 450)
  • Codex Laudianus (c. 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!”

    Verse 27

    [Festus said to Agrippa:] "For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him."

    References

    Acts 25 Wikipedia
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