ACTS 25:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.”
A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus - King Agrippa II (great-grandson of Herod the Great) comes with his sister Bernice to greet the new procurator; their arrival marks a shift in the narrative. Luke notes their coming 'with great pomp' (meta pollēs phantasias, meta pollēs phantasias-'with great display'). These are the last human authorities Paul will face before Rome; their engagement prepares for the witness before Agrippa in chapter 26.
Church Fathers on Acts 25:13
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly there. Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. Acts 25:4-6 But after they came down, they immediately made their accusations…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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