Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 25]
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25:1 {Having come into the province} (\epibas t•i eparchei•i\).
Second aorist active participle of \epibain•\, to set foot upon.
Literally, "Having set foot upon his province." \Eparcheia\ is a
late word for province, in N.T. only here and 23:34. Judea was
not strictly a province, but a department (Page) of the province
of Syria which was under a _propraetor_ (\legatus Caesaris\)
while Judea was under a _procurator_ (\epitropos\). {After three
days} (\meta treis h•meras\). So in Ac 28:17 in Rome. That is
on the third day, with a day of rest in between. Precisely the
language used of the resurrection of Jesus "after three days" =
"on the third day." So by common usage then and now.
25:2 {The principal men} (\hoi pr•toi\). The first men, the
leading men of the city, besides the chief priests. In verse 15
we have "the chief priests and the elders." These chief men among
the Jews would desire to pay their respects to the new Procurator
on his first visit to Jerusalem. There was another high priest
now, Ishmael in place of Ananias. {Informed him against Paul}
(\enephanisan aut•i kata tou Paulou\). "This renewal of the
charge after two years, on the very first opportunity, is a
measure, not only of their unsleeping hatred, but of the
importance which they attached to Paul's influence" (Furneaux).
{Besought} (\parekaloun\). Imperfect active, kept on beseeching
as a special favour to the Jews.
25:3 {Asking favour against him} (\aitoumenoi charin kat'
autou\). A favour to themselves (middle voice), not to Paul, but
"against" (\kat'\, down, against) him. {That he would send for}
(\hop•s metapemps•tai\). First aorist middle subjunctive of
\metapemp•\ (see 24:24,26) with final particle \hop•s\ like
\hina\. Aorist tense for single case. {Laying wait} (\enedran
poiountes\). See on ¯23:16 for the word \enedra\. Old idiom
(Thucydides) for laying a plot or ambush as here. Only these two
uses of \enedra\ in N.T. Two years before the Sanhedrin had
agreed to the plot of the forty conspirators. Now they propose
one on their own initiative. {On the way} (\kata t•n hodon\).
Down along, up and down along the way. Plenty of opportunity
would occur between Caesarea and Jerusalem for ambush and
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Acts: Chapter 25)