So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
Agrippa and Bernice arrive dressed in all their pomp, but such outward show stops the ear and blinds the eye to truth. Yet Luke records their magnificence precisely so we see that before this great assembly and weighty witnesses, Paul was granted freedom not merely to defend himself but to preach Christ; the truth of God burst forth from bonds and spread everywhere, reaching even to us.
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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
Agrippa and Bernice enter with great pomp, their royal regalia borne before them, attended by their train; the chief captains and magistrates of Caesarea fill the hall. Paul is brought forth as a spectacle to multitudes, and Christ's word is fulfilled: His followers shall be led before kings and governors for His sake.
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