Atti 25:23

23 Il giorno seguente dunque, essendo venuti Agrippa e Berenice con molta pompa, ed entrati nella sala d’udienza coi tribuni e coi principali della città, Paolo, per ordine di Festo, fu menato quivi.

Atti 25:23 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:23

And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come
Into the hall, or court of judicature:

and Bernice;
his sister, along with him:

with great pomp:
in rich dress, with the "regalia", or ensigns of royalty carried before them, and attended with a large train and retinue of servants:

and was entered into the place of hearing;
the causes that were tried in court, that particular part of the hall, which was assigned for that purpose; for as there were the proper places for the judge and council, and for the plaintiffs and defendants, so for those that came to hear:

with the chief captains;
or tribunes, who had the command of the Roman soldiers; and who had each of them a thousand men under them, as their title signifies:

and principal men of the city;
that is, of Caesarea; the magistrates, and chief inhabitants of the place:

at Festus's commandment Paul was brought forth;
and became a spectacle to a vast number of men, as he himself says; and which in part fulfilled what Christ had foretold to his disciples, that they should be brought before kings and governors for his sake; see ( 1 Corinthians 4:9 ) ( Matthew 10:18 ) .

Atti 25:23 In-Context

21 Ma avendo Paolo interposto appello per esser riserbato al giudizio dell’imperatore, io comandai che fosse custodito, finché lo mandassi a Cesare.

22 E Agrippa disse a Festo: Anch’io vorrei udir cotesto uomo. Ed egli rispose: Domani l’udrai.

23 Il giorno seguente dunque, essendo venuti Agrippa e Berenice con molta pompa, ed entrati nella sala d’udienza coi tribuni e coi principali della città, Paolo, per ordine di Festo, fu menato quivi.

24 E Festo disse: Re Agrippa, e voi tutti che siete qui presenti con noi, voi vedete quest’uomo, a proposito del quale tutta la moltitudine de’ Giudei s’è rivolta a me, e in Gerusalemme e qui, gridando che non deve viver più oltre.

25 Io però non ho trovato che avesse fatto cosa alcuna degna di morte, ed essendosi egli stesso appellato all’imperatore, ho deliberato di mandarglielo.