Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
Of whom I have no certain thing - meaning, 'nothing definite,' nothing that could be fastened on as a charge,
To write unto my lord, [too ( G3588) kurioo (G2962)] - 'to the lord' or 'sovereign;' meaning Nero. 'The writer's accuracy (says Hackett) should be remarked here. It would have been a mistake to apply this term ("lord") to the emperor a few years earlier. Neither Augustus nor Tiberius would allow himself to be called dominus ("lord"), because it implied the relation of master and slave. The appellation had now come (rather, was now coming) into use as one of the imperial titles.'
Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.