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 Second, son of the Herod of Acts 12, and Cypros, grand-niece of Herod the Great. At the death of his father, he was too young to be appointed his successor; but in A.D. 50 Claudius gave him the kingdom of Chalcis, his uncle the husband of Bernice, who occupied that throne, having died two years before. This was shortly afterwards exchanged for the tetrarchies of Abilene and Trachonitis, with the title of king. His relations with his sister Bernice were the occasion of much suspicion. He was of the Jews' religion, though of Idumaean descent, and well versed in Jewish laws and customs (Acts 26:3). Josephus (Wars, II. xvi. 4) records. speech he made to dissuade the Jews from engaging in war with the Romans. He sided with the Romans in the war, and after A.D. 70 retired with Bernice to Rome, where he died about A.D. 100.
came. Greek. k atantao. See Acts 16:1.
salute. As vassal of Rome, to pay his respects to the procurator, Rome's representative.