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Acts 25:22

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Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Agrippa said unto Festus, I also could wish to hear the man myself. To-morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him.

KJV

Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

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This verse in Acts 25

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

I would also hear the man myself - A spirit of curiosity, similar to that of Herod, Luk 23:

This site's exposition

I would also hear the man myself

Agrippa's request, I would also hear the man myself, comes from genuine interest rather than legal necessity, since the appeal to Caesar has already settled Paul's immediate fate. As a Herodian ruler with some jurisdiction over Jewish religious matters and family history tangled with this movement since his forebears Herod Antipas and Herod the Great, Agrippa is uniquely positioned among Paul's judges to actually understand the charges. Festus's ready agreement, to morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him, sets up the hearing chapter 26 records in full.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Felix heard him in private concerning the faith of Christ. But Agrippa and Festus agree he shall be heard in public. And we have reason to think that his sermon in the next chapter, though it might not be so instrumental as some other of his sermons for the conversion of souls, redounded as much to the honour of Christ and Christianity as any sermon he ever preached in his life.
Then Agrippa said to Festus,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I would also hear--"should like to hear." the man myself--No doubt Paul was fight when he said, "The king knoweth of these things . . . for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner" (Ac 26:26).
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 explanation and defense of Christianity. This wish of Agrippa gave occasion to the noblest defense which was ever made before any tribunal, and to as splendid eloquence as can be found in any language. See Act 26:23.

The words behind it

15 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.4 worksActs 17:19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?3 worksIsaiah 52:15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.2 worksMatthew 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.2 worksLuke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.2 worksActs 26:26For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 9:15

    “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

    it leads to

    • Galatians 1:15–16

      But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

    • Ephesians 3:7–8

      I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

    • 2 Timothy 4:16–17

      At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

    • Romans 11:13

      I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

    • Acts 26:17–20

      I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

  • Through

    Isaiah 52:15

    so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

    it leads to

    • Romans 15:20–21

      In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

    • Isaiah 49:7

      Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes…

    • Ezekiel 36:25

      I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

Where this verse is studied

About Acts

The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Ascension, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Acts: the study guide →Read Acts 25 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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