Neville Goddard on Acts 25:13-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 25 in context

Scripture Focus

13And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.

14And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

15About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

17Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

18Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

19But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

20And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

21But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

Acts 25:13-21

Biblical Context

In Acts 25:13-21, Agrippa and Festus exchange the case of Paul, setting the scene for an inner tribunal where beliefs are weighed and judgments pronounced. The drama points to how conscience, not external verdicts, governs what you accept as true.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the players on that stage are states of your own consciousness. Agrippa is the part of you that craves worldly verdicts; Bernice is curiosity and social allure; Festus is the outward magistrate of opinion; the accusers are the fears that surface when you doubt your worth. Paul, the living truth within, responds with soul-clarity: life is not a current of events to be judged by a crowd but an energy you awaken within. The dead Jesus of old belief represents a life you think has ended; Paul's insistence that Jesus is alive proclaims that reality is a perpetual resurrection of consciousness. When Paul asks whether you will go to Jerusalem to be judged, he invites you to surrender the old script to a higher authority inside you—the Augustus of your rightful consciousness. The ultimate act is not cruelty but release: you are kept in order by your inner law, and your resurrected life becomes your everyday experience.

Practice This Now

Pick a current belief that nags at you; assume the inner Paul and declare, 'You are alive in me now.' Feel that life as a warm current in your chest and walk as if the judgment seat has become your inner truth.