While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
Kings usually think sending ambassadors enough, but here Agrippa came himself, personal converse is the sweetest among friends. He visits Festus not to judge Paul but to gratify his curiosity, fulfilling Christ's promise that His followers should be brought before governors and kings for a testimony.
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Commenting on Acts 25:13-27
The chief priests and elders did not merely want him tried; they wanted him condemned. Some manuscripts say it plainly: they demanded not judgment but condemnation, and the words that follow make clear they sought nothing less than his death.
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Verse 15. About whom, etc. . To have judgment against him. Thome have him condemned. (a) "when I was at Jerusalem" (+) "informed me" "laid an information"