27 But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 24:27. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Διετίας δὲ πληρωθείσης, ἔλαβε διάδοχον ὁ Φῆλιξ Πόρκιον Φῆστον· θέλων τε χάριτας καταθέσθαι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὁ Φῆλιξ κατέλιπε τὸν Παῦλον δεδεμένον.
Διετίας
δὲ
πληρωθείσης
- Lemma
- plhrwqeishv
- Transliteration
- plhrwqeishv
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist passive participle genitive singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4137
- Occurrences
- 1
ἔλαβε
διάδοχον
ὁ
Φῆλιξ
Πόρκιον
Φῆστον
θέλων
τε
χάριτας
καταθέσθαι
- Lemma
- kataqesqai
- Transliteration
- kataqesqai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb second aorist middle infinitive
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G2698
- Occurrences
- 2
τοῖς
Ἰουδαίοις
ὁ
Φῆλιξ
κατέλιπε
τὸν
Παῦλον
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
διετίας δὲ πληρωθείσης ἔλαβεν διάδοχον ὁ Φῆλιξ Πόρκιον Φῆστον· θέλων τε χάριτα καταθέσθαι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὁ Φῆλιξ κατέλιπε τὸν Παῦλον δεδεμένον.
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܟܕ ܡܠܝ ܠܗ ܬܪܬܝܢ ܫܢܝܢ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܗܓܡܘܢܐ ܐܬܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܕܘܟܬܗ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܗܘܐ ܦܪܩܝܘܣ-ܦܗܣܛܘܣ ܦܝܠܟܣ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܕܢܥܒܕ ܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܒܝܗܘܕܝܐ ܫܒܩܗ ܠܦܘܠܘܣ ܟܕ ܐܣܝܪ
ܘܟܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܟܕ
- Transliteration
- wkd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 429
ܡܠܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܠܝ
- Transliteration
- mly
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
ܠܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1592
ܬܪܬܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܪܬܝܢ
- Transliteration
- trtyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 27
ܫܢܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܫܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- shnyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 46
ܐܚܪܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܚܪܢܐ
- Transliteration
- 'hrn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 120
ܗܓܡܘܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܓܡܘܢܐ
- Transliteration
- hgmwn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 13
ܐܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܐܬܐ
- Transliteration
- etha
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- came
- Occurrences
- 243
ܗܘܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
ܠܕܘܟܬܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܕܘܟܬܗ
- Transliteration
- ldwkth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܕܡܬܩܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܬܩܪܐ
- Transliteration
- dmtqr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 41
ܗܘܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
ܦܪܩܝܘܣ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܦܪܩܝܘܣ
- Transliteration
- prqyws
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܦܗܣܛܘܣ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܦܗܣܛܘܣ
- Transliteration
- phstws
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 9
ܦܝܠܟܣ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܦܝܠܟܣ
- Transliteration
- pylks
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 7
ܕܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1830
ܐܝܟ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܝܟ
- Transliteration
- 'yk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 681
ܕܢܥܒܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܢܥܒܕ
- Transliteration
- dn'bd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 16
ܛܝܒܘܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܛܝܒܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- tybwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 63
ܒܝܗܘܕܝܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܝܗܘܕܝܐ
- Transliteration
- byhwdy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܫܒܩܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܫܒܩܗ
- Transliteration
- shbqh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 6
ܠܦܘܠܘܣ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܦܘܠܘܣ
- Transliteration
- lpwlws
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 39
ܟܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 730
ܐܣܝܪ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܣܝܪ
- Transliteration
- 'syr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Biennio autem expleto, accepit successorem Felix Portium Festum. Volens autem gratiam præstare Judæis Felix, reliquit Paulum vinctum.
biennio
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- biennium
- Transliteration
- biennio
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
expleto
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- expleo
- Transliteration
- expleto
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 40
accepit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accipio
- Transliteration
- accepit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 632
successorem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- successor
- Transliteration
- successorem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 6
Felix
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Felix
- Transliteration
- Felix
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 9
Porcium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Porcius
- Transliteration
- Porcium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1
Festum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Festus
- Transliteration
- Festum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 13
volens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uolo
- Transliteration
- volens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
gratiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gratia
- Transliteration
- gratiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 364
praestare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praesto
- Transliteration
- praestare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 51
Iudaeis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iudaei
- Transliteration
- Iudaeis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 362
Felix
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Felix
- Transliteration
- Felix
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 9
reliquit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- relinquo
- Transliteration
- reliquit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 267
Paulum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Paulus
- Transliteration
- Paulum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 158
vinctum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uincio
- Transliteration
- vinctum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 64
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Acts 25:9
But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?
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And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:
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And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.
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So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
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And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.
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Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.
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The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.
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And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,
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Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
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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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I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.
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