And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, [ fantasias ( G5325) 'display'-later Greek in this sense] - in the same city (as Wetstein notes) in which their father, on account of his pride, had perished, eaten of worms,
And was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains - `the chiliarchs' or 'tribunes' (see the note at Acts 21:32 ). Josephus (Jewish Wars 3: 4. 2) says that five cohorts-whose full complement was 1,000 men each-were stationed at Caesarea.
And principal men of the city - both Jews and Romans. 'This (as Webster and Wilkinson observes) was the most dignified and influential audience Paul had yet addressed; and the prediction, Acts 9:15, was now fulfilled, though afterward still more remarkably at Rome (cf. 27:24; 4:16-17 ): "at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth."
Festus Opens the Proceedings with a Statement of the Case (25:24-27)