The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 25:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Had come down for came down, A.V.; about him for about, A.V.; bringing against him for and laid … against Paul, A.V.; charges for complaints, A.V. Charges; αἰτιάματα, only here in the New Testament, and rare in classical Greek.

The A.V. "complaints" means in older English exactly the same as "charges" or "accusations" (comp. "plaintiff").

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