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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Acts 25:22

Agrippa has the same curiosity of hearing Paul, as Herod formerly had of seeing Jesus. The apostle's name had, no doubt, become famous enough to reach the ears, and arrest the attention of Agrippa. Curiosity is certainly not the best motive a person can bring with him ot he investigation of religious truth: still it may occasionally become productive of good. The king was half persuaded to embrace the Christian faith. A better motive, or more serious attention, may induce some to embrace the truth, which accident may first have discovered to them. (Haydock)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 25:22. _I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF_] A spirit of curiosity, similar to that of Herod, Luke 23:8. As Herod, the father of this Agrippa, had been so active an instrument in endeavouri...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN AGRIPPA SAID ... - Agrippa doubtless had heard much of the fame of Jesus, and of the new sect of Christians, and probably he was induced by mere curiosity to hear what Paul could say in explanati...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 25 _ 1. Festus and the Jews. Paul appeals to Caesar (Acts 25:1)._ 2. King Agrippa visits Festus (Acts 25:13). 3. Paul brought before the King (Acts 25:23). The new governor, Festus, had arr...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AGRIPPA AND BERNICE: INTEREST OF AGRIPPA IN PAUL. Agrippa was seventeen years old when his father died (Acts 12:23). He obtained from Claudius and Nero certain territories in the N. of Palestine, but...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Agrippa said to Festus, "I, too, would like to hear the man." "Tomorrow, he said, "you will hear him." So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with much pomp; and when they had come into the audie...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    I APPEAL TO CAESAR (Acts 25:1-12)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WOULD ALSO. I also was wishing to (App-102.)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I would also hear the man myself] Rev. Ver_. "I also could wish [_marg_. was wishing] to hear, &c." The marginal rendering here given is the most literal and appears to bring out the meaning best. Wh...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἔφη omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. has ‘dixit.’ ὁ δὲ omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. does not represent it. 22. ἘΒΟΥΛΌΜΗΝ ΚΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂�, _I was wishing_ [Rev. Ver. ‘could wish’] _also to hear the man myself...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    FESTUS CONSULTS KING AGRIPPA ABOUT HIS PRISONER. AGRIPPA WISHES TO HEAR PAUL’S DEFENCE...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _AGRIPPA DESIRED TO HEAR PAUL ACTS 25:22-27:_ Agrippa was a Jew by profession. He desired to hear Paul in order to gain information about the dispute between the Jews and Christians. Festus was happy...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΒΟΥΛΌΜΗΝ _impf. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 25:20. "Я бы хотел" с _inf._ (Bruce), ΑΎΤΌΣ (G846) сам. ΆΚΟΫΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, с _obj._ в _gen._ ΦΗΣΊ Ν _praes. ind. act., см....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF.— No doubt but Agrippa had learned from his father (by whom, it is to be remembered, St. James had been put to death, and St. Peter imprisoned, ch. Acts 12:2.), and fr...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    f. Paul's defense before King Agrippa. Acts 25:13 bActs 26:32. Acts 25:13 Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus....

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    22. It is not probable that this was the first time that Agrippa had heard either of Paul or of Jesus. No doubt he had heard much of both, and had some curiosity to hear more. The singular circumstanc...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear ('should like to hear) the man myself. No do...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    10 Paul's reply is a marvelous compendium of his defense and his rights as a Roman citizen. Festus had supreme criminal jurisdiction in Judea over all except Roman citizens. Even these, should they be...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF. — Better, _I also was myself wishing;_ the phrase implying that the wish was not now formed for the first time....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐβουλόμην καὶ αὐτὸς : “I also was wishing to hear the man myself,” R.V., margin, imperfect, as of a wish entertained for some time; it was probable from Agrippa's position, and his official relationsh...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SEEKING CHARGES AGAINST HIS PRISONER Acts 25:13 Mark the difference with which these two men regarded our Lord. To the one, He was the supreme object of his affection and his life; to the other, He w...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Jews besought Festus to bring Paul to Jerusalem for trial. This, however, he refused to do. When arraigned before him, Paul again made use of his rights as a Roman citizen, and definitely appealed...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Festus Introduces Paul and the Jews' Case Against Him The King Agrippa Luke says came to greet Festus is actually Herod Agrippa II. His father was Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-23) and his great-grandfat...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (6) Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. (6) That is fulfilled in Paul which the Lord had told to Ananias about him; see (Acts 9:1...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE KING AGRIPPA. (_ACTS 25:13 TO ACTS 26:32_) This, by far the greatest prosecution of all, had no reference to the immediate destiny of Paul, _i. e_., they are no longer trying for...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. (14) And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 22._I would also. _By this we may gather that Agrippa did so desire to hear Paul, that he was ashamed to make his desire known, lest Festus should think that he came for some other end than to salut...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The dignity of Paul's manner before all these governors is perfect. He addresses himself to the conscience with a forgetfulness of self that shewed a man in whom communion with God, and the sense of h...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN AGRIPPA SAID TO FESTUS,.... After he had given him the above account: I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF; Agrippa being a Jew by profession, and knowing more of these things than Festus did, and v...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. Ver. 22. _I would also hear the man_] More for his mind's sake, and to see what he would say...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then Agrippa said, I would also hear the man myself_ That I may learn from his own mouth what it is that he maintains, and on what principles he proceeds. This demand the king made because he was wel...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Paul presented before Agrippa:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THEN AGRIPPA SAID UNTO FESTUS, I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE MAN MYSELF. TOMORROW, SAID HE, THOU SHALT HEAR HIM....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Festus was a different character, a typical Roman, materialistic and matter-of-fact, not a debased type, but skeptical as to anything spiritual. Only three days after taking office he visited Jerusale...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    AND BECAUSE I WAS UNCERTAIN OF SUCH QUESTIONS, I ASKED WHETHER HE WAS WILLING TO GO TO JERUSALEM AND THERE BE JUDGED CONCERNING THESE MATTERS. 21 But when Paul appealed to be reserved for the decisio...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Agrippa being well acquainted with the Jewish religion, if not a Jew, could not but have heard of our Saviour, his doctrine, death, and resurrection; and yet makes this desire but out of curiosity; as...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    22. It is not probable that this was the first time that Agrippa had heard either of Paul or of Jesus. No doubt he had heard much of both, and had some curiosity to hear more. The singular circumstanc...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 25:22 Then G1161 Agrippa G67 said G5346 (G5713) to G4314 Festus G5347 also G2532 would G1014 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Agrippa said to Festus, “I also could wish to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” says he, ‘You will hear him.” ' Agrippa, who probably discerned in all this a good deal more than Festus, knew the...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    FESTUS CALLS ON AGRIPPA'S ASSISTANCE IN FORMULATING A CASE AND PAUL GIVES HIS TESTIMONY TO THEM BOTH (25:13-26:23). Festus now condemns himself by admitting that he has no charge to bring against Pau...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _King Agrippa II. expresses a Desire to hear Paul himself The Apostle is brought before the King and his Sister and the Roman Festus_, 22-27. Acts 25:22. THEN AGRIPPA SAID UNTO FESTUS, I WOULD ALSO HE...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    I ALSO COULD WISH (εβουλομην κα αυτος). The imperfect for courtesy, rather than the blunt βουλομα, I wish, I want. Literally, "I myself also was wishing" (while you were talking), a compliment to th...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Acts 25:1. _Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem._ Porcius Festus had been appointed governor in the place of Felix, who had left Paul a...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Paul before Festus. His appeal to Caesar. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Festus, high priest, Paul, Caesar, Agrippa, Bernice. CONCLUSION: It is nothing for the most excellent ones of the earth to have...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Acts 25:1. _When Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended to Jerusalem,_ the metropolis of his government. The Romans evidently paid great attention to Palestine, because they r...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    KING AGRIPPA AND BERNICE. This is Herod Agrippa II and his sister Bernice. Drusilla, the wife of Festus, was also their sister. This man became king when his father, Herod Agrippa I died (Acts 12:23)....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man for myself._ THE VOLUPTUARY’S DESIRE FOR A NEW SENSATION The scene is highly characteristic. The round of festivities in honour of the illust...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And after certain days King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea._ AGRIPPA AND BERNICE Each of the characters thus brought on the scene has a somewhat memorable history. 1. The former closes the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 25:13. AFTER CERTAIN DAYS, or _certain days having gone by_; how many is unknown. AGRIPPA THE KING was Herod Agrippa II., the son of Agrippa I., mentioned in Acts 12:1; Acts 12...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSTION ACTS 25:1 _Foetus therefore having come _for _now when Foetus was come, _A.V.; _went up _for _he ascended, _A.V.; _to Jerusalem from Casarea _for _from Caesarea to Jerusalem, _A.V. THE PROV...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem (Acts 25:1). Ascended, and you always go up to Jerusalem, you never go down to Jerusalem. No one eve...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 9:15; Isaiah 52:15; Luke 21:12; Matthew 10:18...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. King Agrippa's curosity to see and hear St. Paul: he was born and bred up amongst the Jews, and probably understood something of the Christian religion; and possibly had heard much of...

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