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Acts 25:20

"And being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these matters.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - King;   Paul;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Herod Arippa Ii.;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nero;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Certainty (2);   Herod;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Festus;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doubt;   Festus;   Manner;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Since I was at a loss in a dispute over such things, I asked him if he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding these matters.
King James Version (1611)
And because I doubted of such maner of questions, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these matters.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.
New Century Version
Not knowing how to find out about these questions, I asked Paul, ‘Do you want to go to Jerusalem and be judged there?'
Amplified Bible
"And I, being at a loss as to how to investigate these things, asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding these matters.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.
Legacy Standard Bible
And being perplexed about how to investigate such matters, I was asking whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there to be tried on these matters.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
Since I did not know how to find out the truth about all this, I asked Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and be put on trial there.
Complete Jewish Bible
Being at a loss as to how to investigate such questions, I asked him if he would be willing to go to Yerushalayim and be tried on these matters there.
Darby Translation
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?
Easy-to-Read Version
I did not have any idea about how to judge these matters. So I asked Paul, ‘Do you want to go to Jerusalem and be judged there?'
Geneva Bible (1587)
And because I doubted of such maner of question, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these things.
George Lamsa Translation
And because I was not well acquainted with their controversy, I said to Paul. Would you be willing to go to Jerusalem, and there be tried of these matters?
Good News Translation
I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters, so I asked Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
Lexham English Bible
And because I was at a loss with regard to the investigation concerning these things, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and to be judged there concerning these things.
Literal Translation
And being puzzled as to this inquiry, I said, Did he desire to go to Jerusalem and to be judged there concerning these things?
American Standard Version
And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Hebrew Names Version
I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Yerushalayim and there be judged concerning these matters.
International Standard Version
I was puzzled how I should investigate such matters and asked if he would like to go to Jerusalem and be tried there in regard to these things.
Etheridge Translation
And because I stood not [fn] upon the investigation of these (matters), I said to Paulos, Dost thou require to go to Urishlem, and there be judged concerning these?
Murdock Translation
And because I was not well established in regard to these questions, I said to Paul: Dost thou ask to go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And because I doubted of such maner of questions, I asked hym whether he woulde go to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these matters.
English Revised Version
And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
World English Bible
I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And as I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked, If he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters?
Weymouth's New Testament
I was at a loss how to investigate such questions, and asked Paul whether he would care to go to Jerusalem and there stand his trial on these matters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y doutide of siche maner questioun, and seide, Whether he wolde go to Jerusalem, and ther be demyd of these thingis?
Update Bible Version
And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New English Translation
Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
New King James Version
And because I was uncertain of such questions, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.
New Living Translation
I was at a loss to know how to investigate these things, so I asked him whether he would be willing to stand trial on these charges in Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
I did not know what to do. Then I asked him if he would go on trial about these things at Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
Since I was at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, I, being at a loss as to the inquiry into these things, was asking - whether he might be minded to go unto Jerusalem, and, there, be judged concerning these things.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I therefore being in a doubt of this manner of question, asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these things.
Revised Standard Version
Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And be cause I douted of soche maner questions I axed him whyther he wolde goo to Ierusalem and there be iudged of these matters.
Young's Literal Translation
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 --
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit because I vnderstode not the question, I axed hi, whether he wolde go to Ierusale, and there be iudged of these matters.
Mace New Testament (1729)
being at a loss how to determine such an affair, I ask'd him if he would go to Jerusalem, and take his tryal there.
Simplified Cowboy Version
How're you supposed to investigate that? I asked Paul if he'd like to go back to Jerusalem and stand trial.

Contextual Overview

13 Now when several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea, paying their respects to Festus. 14 And while they were spending many days there, Festus presented Paul's case to the king, saying, "There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix; 15 and when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. 16 "I replied to them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any person before the accused meets his accusers face to face, and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges. 17 "So after they had assembled here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered that the man be brought. 18 "When the accusers stood up, they did not begin bringing any charges against him of crimes that I suspected, 19 but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive. 20 "And being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these matters.21 "But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered that he be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar." 22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

doubted of such manner of questions: or, was doubtful how to enquire hereof, etc

I asked: Acts 25:9

Reciprocal: Matthew 13:19 - and understandeth Mark 4:15 - these John 10:20 - why John 18:35 - Amos I Acts 10:17 - while Acts 23:29 - questions Acts 26:3 - because Acts 26:24 - Festus

Cross-References

Genesis 22:23
and it was Bethuel who fathered Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; so Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 25:5
Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;
Genesis 25:6
but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.
Genesis 31:18
and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had acquired, the livestock he possessed which he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.
Genesis 31:24
However, God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and said to him, "Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad."
Genesis 35:9
Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.
Deuteronomy 26:5
"And you shall respond and say before the LORD your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and resided there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
Luke 4:27
"And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And because I doubted of such manner of questions,.... Or was ignorant of them, and knew not what to make of them, or to say to them, and was at an entire loss what to do in this affair:

I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters; before the Jewish sanhedrim, who best understood them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And because I doubted of such manner of questions - See the margin. Because I hesitated about the right way of disposing of them; because I was ignorant of their nature and bearing, I proposed to go to Jerusalem, that the matter might be there more fully investigated. It is obvious, that if Paul was not found guilty of any violation of the laws, he should have been at once discharged. Some interpreters understand this as affirming that he was not satisfied about the question of Paul’s innocence, or certain whether he ought to be set at liberty or not.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 25:20. I doubted of such manner of questions — Such as, whether he had broken their law, defiled their temple; or whether this Jesus, who was dead, was again raised to life.


 
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