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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Appeal
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-9 implies a court of appeal in hard cases; compare . The king subsequently deputized persons to inquire into and decide appeals (). Jehoshaphat appointed Levites, priests, and some of the fathers to constitute a court of appeal (). Compare . Afterward the final appeal lay to the Sanhedrim. A Roman citizen could appeal, in criminal cases, from the magistrate to the people; and in after times to the emperor, who succeeded to the power of the people. Paul's appeal () was from a trial by a provincial magistrate to one by the emperor.