Acts 25:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Acts 25:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  After certain days, king Agrippa - This Agrippa was the son of Herod Agrippa Acts 12:1 , and great-grandson of Herod the Great. His mother’s name was Cypros (Josephus, Jewish Wars , book 2, cha...

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• Acts 25:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (4) And after certain days king (b) Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. (4) Festus, without even trying to, even before kings, brings to light the wickedness of the Jews, and Pa...

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• Acts 25:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Agrippa and Bernice: Interest of Agrippa in Paul. Agrippa was seventeen years old when his father died ( Acts 12:23 ). He obtained from Claudius and Nero certain territories in the N. of Palestine,...

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• Acts 25:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  And . Now. after certain days. Literally certain days having passed by. Greek. diaginomai. Only here; Acts 27:9 ; Mark 16:1 . certain. Greek. tines. App-124. king Agrippa . Agrippa the Se...

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• Acts 25:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 13. And after certain days. This long narration tendeth to this end, that we may know that though the handling of the cause were broken off, yet were Paul’s bands famous; and that he was n...

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• Acts 25:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. King Agrippa - This was the son of Herod Agrippa, who is mentioned Acts 12:1 . Upon the death of his father's you...

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• Acts 25:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  King Agrippa and Bernice— This Agrippa was son to Herod Agrippa, whose tragical death is related ch. 12: He was by profession a Jew, had the power of the temple and the sacred treasury, and could l...

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• Acts 25:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. And after certain days king Agrippa - great grandson of Herod the Great, and Drusilla's brother (see the...

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• Acts 25:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  King Agrippa and Bernice. — Each of the characters thus brought on the scene has a somewhat memorable history. (1) The former closes the line of the Herodian house. He was the son of the Agrippa wh...

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• Acts 25:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Seeking Charges against His Prisoner Acts 25:13-27 Mark the difference with which these two men regarded our Lord. To the one, He was the supreme object of his affection and his life; to the ot...

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• Acts 25:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Jews besought Festus to bring Paul to Jerusalem for trial. This, however, he refused to do. When arraigned before him, Paul again made use of his rights as a Roman citizen, and definitely appeale...

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• Acts 25:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. (14) And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certai...

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• Acts 25:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And after certain days ,.... Several days after the above appeal made by Paul: King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus : this King Agrippa was the son of Herod Agrippa, who ki...

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• Acts 25:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. Ver. 13. King Agrippa and Bernice ] Son and daughter to that Herod mentioned Acts 12:1 . They were known, sai...

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• Acts 25:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And after certain days , &c. We have here the preparation that was made for another hearing of Paul before King Agrippa, not in order to his giving judgment upon him, but in order to his giving...

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• Acts 25:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Festus was a different character, a typical Roman, materialistic and matter-of-fact, not a debased type, but skeptical as to anything spiritual. Only three days after taking office he visited Jerusal...

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• Acts 25:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Agrippa's Visit to Festus; Paul Arraigned before Agrippa.       13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to s...

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• Acts 25:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This Agrippa is called by Josephus, the younger, and was the son of Herod Agrippa, or Agrippa the Great, who in this book of the Acts is called Herod, whose death is mentioned, Acts 12:23 . But...

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• Acts 25:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus.' An event then occurred that helped to resolve his dilemma, the arrival in state of King Agr...

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• Acts 25:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 25:13 . After certain days , or certain days having gone by ; how many is unknown. Agrippa the king was Herod Agrippa II., the son of Agrippa I., mentioned in Acts 12:1...

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• Acts 25:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Agrippa This ( Acts 5:13 ) was Herod Agrippa II, son of the Herod Agrippa I of ( Acts 12:1 ); and great-grandson of Herod the Great. ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 2:1 ). Bernice, or Bere...

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• Acts 25:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Acts 25:1 . Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. Porcius Festus had been appointed governor in the place of Felix, who had left Pau...

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• Acts 25:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 25:1 . When Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended to Jerusalem, the metropolis of his government. The Romans evidently paid great attention to Palestine, because the...

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• Acts 25:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And after certain days King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea. Agrippa and Bernice Each of the characters thus brought on the scene has a somewhat memorable history. 1. The former close...

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• Acts 25:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSTION Acts 25:1 Foetus therefore having come for now when Foetus was come, A.V.; went up for he ascended, A.V.; to Jerusalem from Casarea for from Caesarea to Jerusalem, A.V...

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• Acts 25:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  and after certain days King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.

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• Acts 25:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 13:10 ; 1 Samuel 25:14 ; 2 Kings 10:13 ; 2 Samuel 8:10 ; Acts 25:22 ; Acts 25:23 ; Acts 26:1 ; Acts 26:27 ; Acts 26:28 ; Mark 15:18

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• Acts 25:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Agrippa — The son of Herod Agrippa, Acts 12:1 ; and Bernice — His sister, with whom he lived in a scandalous familiarity. This was the person whom Titus Vespasian so passionately loved, that he wo...

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