Acts 25:23

with great pomp The children follow in the steps of their father, who formerly had sat on his throne in Cæsarea arrayed in royal apparel, to listen to the flatteries of the Tyrian deputation (Acts 12:21).

were entered The A.V. of 1611 has "was entered," and so it will in consequence be found printed in most English Bibles. The correction is required by the original which is plural. So Rev. Ver.

the place of hearing The word is found nowhere else in N. T. It was no doubt some special room attached to the governor's palace, where causes were tried. In classical Greek it signifies "a lecture-room."

chief captains The Greek word chiliarchosis constantly used in N. T. for the "prefect" of a Roman cohort.