Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear ('should like to hear) the man myself. No doubt Paul was right when he said, "The king knoweth of these things ... for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner" (Acts 26:26). Hence, his curiosity to see and hear the man who had raised such commotion, and was remodelling to such an extent the old Jewish life.