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John Gill's Exposition on Acts 26:32

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then said Agrippa unto Festus, etc.] As declaring his sense, and by way of advice and counsel; but not as determining anything himself, for that lay in the breast of Festus, the Roman governor and judge: this man might have been set at liberty; from his bonds and imprisonment; for ought that appears against him, or any law to the contrary: if he had not appealed unto Caesar; wherefore an inferior judge could not release him; but so it was ordered in divine Providence, that he should appeal to Caesar, that he might go to Rome, and there bear a testimony for Christ; however, this declaration of Agrippa, and what he and the governor and the rest said among themselves, are a considerable proof of the innocence of the apostle.
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