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 hear the man myself. Literally, ‘I was wishing' (ε ̓ βουλο ́ μην). Agrippa must have heard often of Paul. Many and contradictory reports must oftentimes have been brought to this royal guardian of the temple the last guardian! some representing the great Nazarene preacher as unworthy to live, others extolling him as one of the noblest and most devoted of men. He had long been wishing to see him and hear him for himself. At length the opportunity offered itself.

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