And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess. This beautiful but infamous woman was the third daughter of Herod Agrippa I., who was eaten of worms (see the note at Acts 12:1 ), and a sister of Agrippa II, before whom Paul pleaded, Acts 26:1-32. She was (says Josephus) 'given in marriage to Azizus, king of the Emessenes, who had consented to be circumcised for the sake of the alliance. But this marriage was soon dissolved, after the following manner: When Festus was procurator of Judea, he new her, and being captivated with her beauty, persuaded her to desert her husband, transgress the laws of her country, and marry himself' (Ant. 20: 7. 1, 2). Such was this "wife" of Felix.
He sent Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Perceiving, from what he had heard on the trial, that the new sect which was creating such a stir was represented by its own advocates as but a particular development of the Jewish Faith, he probably wished gratify the curiosity of his Jewish wife as well as his own, by a more particular account of it from this distinguished champion. And no doubt Paul would so far humour this desire as to present to them the great leading features of the Gospel. But from