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July 18, 2023 - Dan Bidondi Show
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Discussing The Book of Acts Chapter 24 - The Dan Bidondi Show Bible Series
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TruthRadioShow.com Shalom and welcome to the Dan Badani Show at TruthRadioShow.com Welcome to the Book of Acts.
We are now on to Chapter 25. We're almost done with the series of the Book of Acts.
So we're doing an in-depth comprehensive study of the Book of Acts.
In this case today, I'm sorry, Chapter 25. So what we do, guys, before every show is a specific Bible study approach.
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So, Acts chapter 25. And right now, Paul...
Okay, we left off chapter 24. Paul is just being held in Rome.
And the governor at the time here, Felix...
Looks like he's in favor for Paul.
And he called, like, a court, basically, a couple years ago here.
This is after two years.
A couple years ago, he called for a court, right?
He had his accusers there and everything else.
And really, it was a stalemate.
You know what I mean?
And he had the chief captain...
Paul had the chief captain that actually stood up for him.
You know what I mean?
So, right now, there's just nothing going on.
And the Jews want Paul dead, right?
So, it says here, which you left off...
After two years, Pontius Festus came into Felix's room, and Felix willing to show the Jews a pleasure, right?
And left Paul bound.
So, what does it mean?
Like, you know, Captain Paul, and, you know, remember Paul, the governor told Paul, you're going to stay here, but we're not going to, we'll keep in guard with you, but we're not going to, we're going to let you have your liberty, you know what I mean?
We're not going to keep you on the bond chains or whatever the case, but...
Now, it says it left Paul bound.
So what does this mean?
We're going to find out, right?
Let the scripture interpret the scripture.
And we learn through the Wikipedia here that Pontius Festus was the fifth procurator, fifth governor of Judea.
I blame him, sorry.
All right, guys, I messed up on the last video.
I apologize.
So I thought he was the fifth procurator.
Yeah, I'm sorry, he is.
My bad, I'm sorry.
I should have looked that over better.
But yeah, I didn't mess up in the last video.
So yeah, he is the succeeder of Felix.
So basically be the new governor, if you will, I believe.
So anyway, if you missed the last chapter, guys, please go watch it.
Because it will not make sense watching it from here.
And I suggest you to watch chapters 1 through 24 if you have not seen it yet.
So anyway, after two years, Portius Festus, who would be the succeeder of Felix, right?
So I don't know, right now at this point, I don't know if he has succeeded Felix yet, right?
Otherwise he became a new government.
So it says they left Paul bound.
And now when Festus come into the province, right?
After three days, he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
So he went into Jerusalem, right?
And took him three days to get there.
They call the Bible specific like that.
And then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul.
So, hey listen, you gotta do something about Paul.
This is what he's doing.
He's dead, blah blah blah.
We need him dead.
So they informed him of Paul and besought of him, right?
So let's find out what besought is.
Besought means...
Pastor and Psych ask someone urgently and fervently to do something.
So they're asking, the chief priests are asking, and Jews, I mean, chief priests and the Jews are asking Festus to do something urgently.
We need him just done urgently, right?
It's been a long time now.
We need Paul gone, right?
And desired favor against him.
So they're asking, yeah, they're trying to win Festus on their side.
That he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
So right now, if you understand, right, Paul is still in Rome.
So what the chief priests of the Jews want, right?
They're urgently asking Festus to send for Paul, bring him to Jerusalem so we can kill him.
Right?
That's what's going on.
But Festus' answer is that that Paul should be kept at Caesarea.
So basically Paul should be kept at Rome.
And that he himself would depart shortly thereafter.
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
So he's like, I'm not going to bring him, I'm not bringing Paul back to Jerusalem here, right?
If you guys want to go bring testimony against him, you guys need to come to Rome, man.
and Caesarea.
OK, you go down there and come back with me, because I'm going back to Rome, Caesarea, right?
If you want to come back with me, bring the accusers, and if any wickedness is against them, I want to hear it, right?
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he was with them for a while, right?
That's what it means, right?
He went down into Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, commanded Paul to be brought.
So, alright, so here we are, we've got to understand, remember, the prior chapter, we didn't understand if, um, uh, when Festus succeeded, uh, Felix yet, right?
So, obviously, if he's on the judgment seat and all that stuff, he's in charge.
Now he's the new governor.
He's like the fifth governor now, right?
So, I guess, uh, which his name's out of the picture now.
No longer in charge.
Which was Felix, right?
And it looks like Felix was protecting Paul.
So was the chief captain.
Now we've got a new one that's, uh, he went out to Jerusalem for a few days, for five days, whatever the case, and sat there and socialized with these and, you know, with the Jews and all that.
So basically he probably put it in his head that we need to kill Paul, right?
But he said, listen, you guys need to come to Rome.
I'm not praying Paul here like you want.
Come to Rome, right?
I believe that Rome, Caesarea is in Rome, whatever the case, but come to Caesarea, right?
When he was to come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood around about.
So Festus went back to Caesarea, right?
And the Jews came with him.
From Judaism.
Stood round about and laid many grievous complaints against Paul.
Which they could not prove.
So they're sitting there complaining, yelping about Paul.
In Caesarea now.
But they had no proof of it, right?
While he answered for himself, neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, not yet against Caesar, Have I offended anything at all?
So Paul's like, you know, you guys got nothing against me.
I didn't offend nobody.
I didn't offend the Lord or the Jews or the temple, not even Caesar.
But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, so as you can see, this confirms it now, right?
That Festus is now, yeah, there's no more protection for Paul now.
Because the last governor, Felix, was kind of protectable, right?
And remember he said, Felix is under the Caesar.
And now it's Festus, the governor's under the Caesar, right?
So now, he's kind of sided with the Jews.
Like it says, but Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, like a favor, answered Paul and said, will you go up to Jerusalem and there be judge of these things that are before me?
So now, he's like, alright, here's the thing, right?
But they can't find nothing against Paul.
To rule against him in Caesarea, right?
So now, Festus is like, alright, let's do this another way.
We can't condemn him here.
Because we need proof.
He's a Roman.
He's not condemned.
We can't do nothing against him.
Right?
But, now he's luring Paul back to Jerusalem.
That's what it looks like, right?
Then Paul said, I stand at Caesarea's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged.
To the Jews I have done no wrong, and thus very well noticed.
He said, yeah, I have done no wrong, and they know very well I have not done anything wrong.
They're lying.
You know what I mean?
Plain and simple.
For if I be an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die.
But if there be none of these things wherefore these accuse of me, no man may deliver me unto them.
I appeal unto Caesar.
So basically saying, if you're going to sit here and commit me, okay, condemn me, when I have done nothing wrong, I'm going to appeal this.
I'm going to bring you to the higher power of Caesar.
Going over the governor's head.
To the big quarts, if you will, right?
The bigger quarts.
So then Festus, when he had conferred with the consul, so he had a little meeting with the consul, which was the Jews, right?
He answered and says, Has thou appealed unto Caesar?
Unto Caesar you shall go.
So he's asking, have you appealed unto Caesar?
And Paul says, yes, I do.
Alright, let's do this.
Unto Caesar we shall go.
So now, And now it's in Caesar's hands now.
This whole matter now goes from the Jewish council, right, in Jerusalem, into Caesarea with Felix, now back in Caesarea with Festus, and now it's going to be into the hands of Caesar himself.
And after certain days, King Agrippa and Bernice came into Caesarea to salute Phoebus.
This is Hephaestus, right?
In other words, acknowledge the governor.
They came into Caesarea to acknowledge the governor, right?
And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix.
Felix being the one who preceded, right?
Like, this matter has been going on for a while now.
And according to the chapters, it takes like two years now, right?
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews informed me, desired to have judgment against him.
So this is Festus informing the king, basically.
Caesar, right?
To whom I answered, it is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face and have a license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
So, it sounds like today's course, right?
So, this is, even though Festus is shown favor for the Jews, he has to go by the law.
Right?
What she's telling Caesar.
He's got a right to face his accusers.
That's a license to answer, right?
In other words, he's got a right to answer for himself, defend himself.
He's got a right to confront his accusers.
Sounds like a Bill of Rights today, isn't it?
The 4th and 5th Amendment.
No, I'm sorry, the 5th and 6th Amendment.
So therefore, when they come here...
Without any delay in the tomorrow, I sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought forth.
Against whom we, when the accusers stood up, they brought non-accusations and such things as I suppose.
So again, this is how I feel like Hephaestus telling the season is, right?
For certain questions against him of their own superstition and of one Jesus...
Which was dead and whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
So that's what this situation is about, right?
This is exactly why the Jews want Paul dead.
Because Paul's affirming that Jesus rose from the dead.
That's what they don't like.
Because the same Jews killed Jesus.
Crucified him, right?
The same Jews killed Stephen, right?
Now they want Paul dead.
Because he's a very powerful advocate for Jesus Christ, right?
So if you can understand what's going on, you know, if I'm confusing guys or anything like that, please put in the comment section and I'll give you more clarification of the verse and all that stuff, right?
So, just put in the comment section if you can.
So, anyway, this is what it's all about.
Paul is preaching of Jesus that he's alive.
And it's ticking off the Jews.
And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem and dare be judged of these matters.
But when Paul had pealed to be reversed unto the herons of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself.
To tomorrow, said he, Thy shall hear him.
So, tomorrow I want to hear what he has to say, too.
So, and I think I made a mistake, too, guys, when I said that Ripper was the Caesar.
I think he's right under the Caesar.
I forgot how this went.
But, again, sorry for botching it up, guys.
It's just like, it's, um...
It's hard to keep up with the order of Hainaki, basically.
The pecking order.
So, anyway, it's just like, um...
To narrow it down, the Jews want Paul dead, right?
So they're going through all the authority they can, right?
And since Paul appealed this case, right?
He goes, alright, I'm not going to go to Jerusalem because they're going to kill me.
I'm not going there.
I'm a Roman.
I have a right to have a trial here.
So, he had to, by the order, he had to appeal to Caesar, right?
So now Agrippa said it to Festus, I would also hear the man myself tomorrow, and that he shall hear, right?
I'm going to hear him.
So, and on tomorrow, which is tomorrow, when Agrippa was to come, and Bernice, with great pomp, let's see what a pomp is, uh, A ceremony or a splendid display, especially at a public event.
So, alright.
So, when Agrippa and Bernice came, they had a great reception there, right?
It was entered into the place of the hearing, into the court, right?
And with the chief captains and the principal men of the city at Festus, Commandment Paul was brought forth, right?
So they commanded Paul.
They're all there.
Planet Simple, that's what it's saying.
They're all there now.
Everybody's here now to speak to Paul.
And Ephesus said, King Agrippa, all men which were here present us.
So, you see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with.
Me, right?
So both at Jerusalem and also here.
Crying that he ought not to live any longer.
So Festus is saying what's going on, okay?
He's opening up the hearing here that the Jews are crying out that they don't want Paul to live, no longer.
They want him dead.
So he presented the case, what's going on, right?
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, that he himself had appeared into Augustus.
I have determined descendants.
So he's saying, you know, we try to have a trial.
We had a trial for Paul, but I don't have nothing against him.
The Jews made these accusations, but they had to present no proof.
Even though he was kind of siding with the Jews, but still, going by the law, yeah, he had to have positive proof, right?
And they had nothing.
Now, even though he wants to help the Jews, Festus, right?
But he can't because Paul did nothing wrong so far to him.
You know what I mean?
But he did nothing wrong at all, of course.
So it's supposed to be innocent to prove him guilty.
Right now they can't prove him guilty.
They're technically still innocent.
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my Lord.
Wherefore I have brought him forth before you.
Talking about, Felix talking about Paul, Ephesus, I'm sorry, speaking about Paul, right?
Before the king.
That I brought him before you, right?
And especially before thee, O King Agrippa, that after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
For I seem to unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not without the signifying the crimes laid against him.
So he's saying, you know what I mean?
It is.
It's unreasonable.
To send a prisoner.
Set him to prison whatever without any kind of signification that he did commit crimes So here we are in a court again and And, you know, it's taken years.
And as you can see through the chapters, right?
This has been going on for a couple years now.
This whole ordeal.
See, after two years, so Pontius Festus became the new governor.
And it took over two years for this proceeding to come to the king.
So, we're going to continue to the next chapter, 26, to go further into this.
And I'm assuming that this goes on all the way to the last chapter.
I believe there's 28 chapters in this book here.
So, let me double check that.
and I think we're almost done with this chapter here.
So it's been, well, yep, 28 chapters here.
So, yeah, thank you guys for tuning in here.
So, if you've got any questions, comments, answers, put it in the comments section.
Sorry I botched a little of that up earlier.
I was just like, you know, it's hard to keep up the hierarchy of the pecking order of the people.
You know what I mean?
So, if you've got any questions, comments, answers, or anything like that, anything you want to put in the comments section, go for it.
I'm pretty good at getting back to people.
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