Acts 25:13-26:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:13

After certain days, king Agrippa - This Agrippa was the son of Herod Agrippa Acts 12:1, and great-grandson of Herod the Great. His mother’s name was Cypros (Josephus, Jewish Wars, book 2, chapter 11, section 6). When his father died he was at Rome with the Emperor Claudius. Josephus says that the emperor was inclined to bestow upon him all his father’s dominions, but was dissuaded by his ministers. The reason of this was, that it was thought imprudent to bestow so large a kingdom on so young a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 25:13

Acts 25:13 . And after certain days, &c. We have here the preparation that was made for another hearing of Paul before King Agrippa, not in order to his giving judgment upon him, but in order to his giving advice concerning him, or rather, only to gratify his curiosity. Christ had said concerning his disciples, and particularly concerning his apostles, that they should be brought before governors and kings, and here we find his prediction accomplished. The preceding verses inform us of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 25:13-27

Paul again declared innocent (25:13-26:32)Among those who came to Caesarea to pay their respects to the new governor was Herod Agrippa II. This man was the son of Herod Agrippa I (the governor mentioned in 12:1-4,20-23) and the brother of Bernice and Drusilla (13; cf. 24:24; see ‘The New Testament World’). He was Rome’s appointed ruler over certain areas in the far north of Palestine, but he had no power in the region governed by Festus. He was, however, an expert on Jewish affairs (see... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 25:13

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 12:0 , 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.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 25:13

Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus.Agrippa the king ... In this ruler, the last of the Herodian dynasty appeared; and with his death in 100 A.D., the sordid record of the whole infamous family ended. He and his sister Bernice had another sister Drusilla (see under Acts 24:24), all of them being great-grandchildren of Herod the Great who had sought to murder the Christ in his infant cradle. We shall note these characters a bit... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 25:13

Acts 25:13. King Agrippa and Bernice— This Agrippa was son to Herod Agrippa, whose tragical death is related ch. 12: He was by profession a Jew, had the power of the temple and the sacred treasury, and could likewise dispose of the high-priesthood as he thought proper. Bernice, his sister, was the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa, and had been contracted in her infancy by Claudius Caesar to Mark, the son of Alexander Lysimachus, the Alabarch; but he dying before the marriage was consummated,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 25:13

13. King Agrippa—great-grandson of Herod the Great, and Drusilla's brother (see on :-). On his father's awful death ( :-), being thought too young (seventeen) to succeed, Judea, was attached to the province of Syria. Four years after, on the death of his uncle Herod, he was made king of the northern principalities of Chalcis, and afterwards got Batanea, Iturea, Trachonitis, Abilene, Galilee, and Perea, with the title of king. He died A.D. 100, after reigning fifty-one years. and Bernice—his... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 25:13

This King Agrippa was Marcus Julius Agrippa II, the son of Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-11), the grandson of Aristobulus, and the great grandson of Herod the Great (Matthew 2:1). [Note: See the diagram "Herod’s Family Tree" above at 12:1-2, and Bruce, "Chronological Questions . . .," pp. 283-84.] Herod the Great had tried to destroy the infant Jesus. One of his sons, Antipas, Agrippa II’s great uncle, beheaded John the Baptist and tried our Lord. Agrippa II’s father, Agrippa I, executed James,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 25:13-22

Herod Agrippa II’s visit to Festus 25:13-22The charges against Paul, and particularly his innocence, are the point of this pericope. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 25:1-27

St. Paul before Festus1f. St. Paul and Festus.2. The high priest] RV ’the chief priests.’3. Favour] They desired from the judge partiality, not justice; and probably offered him money. 5. Able] rather, ’influential.’6. More than, etc.] RV ’not more than eight or ten days.’9. Provincial governors were generally anxious to be on good terms with their subjects, because, when their term of office was over, the provincials had the right to complain of them to the Emperor. Before me] The proposal was... read more

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