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Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” He replied, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”
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Paul Before Agrippa
The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
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Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
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But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write.
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“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,
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This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.
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About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.
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“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
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Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”
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Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
