Acts 26:30

30 And the king rose up, and the president, and Bernice, and they that sat nigh to them.

Acts 26:30 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:30

And when he had thus spoken
These words are omitted in the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions:

the king rose up;
from the judgment seat; that is, King Agrippa:

and the governor;
the Roman governor, Festus:

and Bernice:
the sister of King Agrippa:

and they that sat with them;
either in council, or to hear; the chief captains, and principal inhabitants of Caesarea.

Acts 26:30 In-Context

28 And Agrippa said to Paul, In little thing thou counselest me to be made a christian man. [Soothly Agrippa said to Paul, A little thou counselest me for to be made a christian man.]

29 And Paul said, I desire with God, both in little and in great, not only thee, but [and] all these that hear to day, to be made such as I am, except these bonds.

30 And the king rose up, and the president, and Bernice, and they that sat nigh to them.

31 And when they went away, they spake together, and said, That this man hath not done any thing worthy death, neither bonds. [+Which when they went away, spake together, saying, That this man hath not done any thing worthy death, or bonds.]

32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might be delivered, if he had not appealed to the emperor. [Forsooth Agrippa said to Festus, This man might be dismissed, or delivered, if he had not appealed to Caesar.]