Acts Chapter 25 verse 4 Holy Bible
Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart `thither' shortly.
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But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.
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Festus therefore answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out shortly.
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But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
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However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.
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Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Howbeit for but. A.V.; was kept in charge for should be kept, A.V.; was about to depart thither shortly for would depart shortly thither, A.V. Was kept in charge. Festus did not merely mention the fact, which the Jews knew already, that Paul was a prisoner at Caesarea, but his determination to keep him there till he could go down and try him. The A.V. gives the meaning. Either δεῖν is to be understood, as if Foetus should say, "Paul is a Roman citizen; Caesarea is the proper place for him to be tried at before the procurator, and therefore he must be kept in custody there," or some such words as, "I have given orders" must be understood before "that Paul should be kept."
