ACTS 25:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.”
Then Agrippa said to Festus, 'I would like to hear this man myself.' Festus replied, 'Tomorrow you will hear him.' - Agrippa's request 'I would like to hear this man myself' (eboulomēn kai autos tou anthrōpou akousai, eboulomēn kai autos tou anthrōpou akousai) shows interest, even curiosity. His status as a Jew of rank may create sympathy or at least a desire to understand. Festus agrees readily ('Tomorrow you will hear'), suggesting he expects Agrippa's presence to validate his handling of the case. The stage is set for Paul's most triumphant apologia.
Church Fathers on Acts 25:22
And not knowing, for my part, what to make of the enquiry concerning these things Acts 25:20— of course, it went beyond a judge's hearing, the examining into these matters. If you are at a loss, why do you drag him to Jerusalem? But the other would not deign this: no, To Cæsar (says he); as in fact it was touching Cæsar that they accused him. Do you hear the appeal? Hear the plotting of the Jews? Hear their factious spirit? All these things provoked him to a desire (of…
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