Acts 25:24

“And Festus said, King Agrippa, etc.] He addressed himself to him in the first place, as being the principal person, and of great dignity, as well as knowledge: and all men which are here present with us; the chief captains, and principal inhabitants of the city: ye see this man the prisoner at the bar, meaning Paul: about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me: applied unto him, interceded with him, and very importunately pressed and desired him to give judgment against him: both at Jerusalem and also here; at Caesarea, whither they came from Jerusalem to accuse him: crying: in a very noisy and clamorous way: that he ought not to live any longer; as they did before Lysias the…”

“Have dealt with me - Have appeared before me, desiring me to try him. They have urged me to condemn him. Crying ... - Compare Acts 22:22. They had sought that he should be put to death. return to 'Top of Page'”

“King Agrippa: King Agrippa was the son of Herod Agrippa; who upon the death of his uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, ad 28, succeeded to his dominions, by the favour of the emperor Claudius. Four years afterwards, Claudius removed him from that kingdom to a larger one; giving him the tetrarchy of Philip, that of Lysanias, and the province which Varus governed. Nero afterwards added Julias in Peraea, Tarichaea, and Tiberias. Claudius gave him the power of appointing the high priest among the Jews; and instances of his exercising this power may be seen in Josephus. He was strongly attached to the Romans, and did every thing in his power to prevent the Jews from rebelling; and when he could not…”