KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 25:20–21
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Acts 25:20
20And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
20And because ‖I doubted of such maner of questions, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these matters.
- Or, I was doubtfull how to inquire heereof.
Acts 25:21
21But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cæsar.
21But when Paul had appealed to bee reserued vnto the ‖hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept, till I might send him to Cesar.
- Or, iudgement.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 25:20
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Scrupled; questioned; not certain or settled.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Of the kind, degree, or character already named or indicated.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Matters asked, examined, or disputed; inquiries or subjects of debate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Which of two; also introducing alternatives or uncertainty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Heard and determined; tried judicially; sentenced; censured; doomed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Subjects, affairs, causes, or things under consideration; also material substance, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 25:21
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Applied to a higher authority for judgment or protection; called upon for a decision.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Kept, held back, or preserved for the later person, purpose, event, or time named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Reach of the ear; extent within which sound may be heard. Audience; attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Ordered; directed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Until a stated time or event; also to cultivate the ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study16At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
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Open the full verse study10Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.
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Open the full verse study1AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
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