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Paul was almost set for the last journey to Rome as Festus has agreed to transfer his case to Rome (verse 12), but Paul had one more chance to make a defence of his case before the Jewish king Herod Agrippa II and his sister Bernice (verse 13), on the occasion of Agrippa's visit to Festus, and Festus's need of the king's expertise in drafting his report on the case (verse 27). [5]
Felix and his wife Drusilla heard Paul's discourse and sent for him to talk with him. However, Felix's actual desire was to receive a bribe from Paul, which Paul refused to do ( Acts 24:24–26 ). Felix was succeeded as procurator after detaining Paul for two years, but he left him imprisoned as a favor to the Jews ( Acts 24:27 ).
The Acts of the Apostles narrates that the Apostle Paul had his final hearing before Festus . In Acts 25:9-12 , Festus sought to induce Paul to go to Jerusalem for trial; Paul appealed to the Emperor .
Trials always follow Paul. The miniseries dramatizes Paul's trials before the Sanhedrin (Acts 22 and 23), his trial before the Roman Governor Felix , and then Paul's trials before his successor, the Roman Governor Festus and the Jewish King Agrippa (Acts 25 and 26).
The Bible and church tradition both relate how this did indeed happen, although after Jesus' ascension. The following cases are well documented: 1) Paul was led as a captive before Felix and Festus, governors of Judea; 2) James the Less was led before Ananias, the High Priest, by whom he was ordered to be slain; 3) Peter and James the Great before Agrippa, who beheaded James; 4) Peter and Paul ...
Paul replied, "Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: 'Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people'." [4] The quoted text is taken from Exodus 22:28: You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people. [5] Paul quotes from the Jewish law to show his willingness to abide by that law. [6]
Paul on trial before Agrippa (Acts 26), as pictured by Nikolai Bodarevsky, 1875. Acts' second telling of Paul's conversion occurs in a speech Paul gives when he is arrested in Jerusalem. [16] Paul addresses the crowd and tells them of his conversion, with a description essentially the same as that in Acts 9, but with slight differences.
After Festus had stayed in Jerusalem "not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought." When Festus suggested that he be sent back to Jerusalem for further trial, Paul exercised his right as a Roman citizen to "appeal unto Caesar". [45]