Acts 25:22

Acts 25:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” He replied, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Agrippa said to Festus, "I would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," said he, "you will hear him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”

Context of Acts 25:22

20Their debate about these things left me puzzled. So I asked Paul if he would like to go to Jerusalem to have his case heard there. 21But Paul appealed his case. He asked to be held in prison and to have His Majesty the Emperor decide his case. So I ordered him to be held in prison until I could send him to the emperor.” Agrippa told Festus, “I would like to hear the man.” Festus replied, “You’ll hear him tomorrow.” 23The next day Agrippa and Bernice entered the auditorium with a lot of fanfare. Roman army officers and the most important men of the city entered the auditorium with them. Festus gave the order, and Paul was brought into the auditorium. 24Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and everyone who is present with us! All the Jews in Jerusalem and Caesarea have talked to me about this man you see in front of you. They shout that he must not be allowed to live any longer.

Acts 25:22 word by word

Ἀγρίππας δὲ πρὸς τὸν Φῆστον ἐβουλόμην καὶ αὐτὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀκοῦσαι. αὔριόν φησιν ἀκούσῃ αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• AgrippaἈγρίππαςAgrippas · AgrippaG67
• saidφημίphēmi · to assertG5346
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• FestusΦῆστοςPhēstos · FestusG5347
• I wouldβούλομαιboulomai · to planG1014
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• myselfαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• To morrowαὔριονaurion · tomorrowG839

Cross-references for Acts 25:22

• Acts 9:15The Lord told Ananias, “Go! I’ve chosen this man to bring my name to nations, to kings, and to the people of Israel.
• Isaiah 52:15He will cleanse many nations ⌞with his blood⌟. Kings will shut their mouths because of him. They will see things that they had never been told. They will understand things that they had never heard.
• Matthew 10:18Because of me you will even be brought in front of governors and kings to testify to them and to everyone in the world.
• Luke 21:12“Before all these things happen, people will arrest and persecute you. They will hand you over to their synagogues and put you into their prisons. They will drag you in front of kings and governors because of my name.

Commentaries on Acts 25:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22I would also hear the man myself - A spirit of curiosity, similar to that of Herod, Luke 23:8. As Herod, the father of this Agrippa, had been so active an instrument in endeavoring to destroy Christianity, having killed James, and was about to have put Peter to death also, had not God sent him to his own place, there is no doubt that Agrippa had heard much about Christianity; and as to St. Paul, his conversion was so very remarkable that his name, in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Then 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 Acts 26:23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-27Verses 13-27 Agrippa had the government of Galilee. How many unjust and hasty judgments the Roman maxim, ver. #(16), condemn! This heathen, guided only by the light of nature, followed law and custom exactly, yet how many Christians will not follow the rules of truth, justice, and charity, in judging their brethren! The questions about God's worship, the way of salvation, and the truths of the gospel, may appear doubtful and without interest, to worldly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-22Festus discussed Paul’s case with Herod Agrippa II, who came to Caesarea to pay a courtesy visit to the new governor. Herod Agrippa II ruled parts of the region from AD 50–100.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2722-27. 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). Hence his curiosity to see and hear the man who had raised such commotion and was remodelling to such an extent the whole Jewish life.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings