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Paul's speech before Agrippa II and Bernice (verses 1-23) [ edit ] Alexander divides Paul's speech into two parts: verses 1-11 are an account of his "former life", and verses 12-23 cover the heavenly vision he experienced, which has already been recorded in Acts 9 :1-18 and Acts 22:6-16 .
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]
It was before Agrippa and Berenice that, according to the New Testament, Paul the Apostle pleaded his case at Caesarea Maritima, probably in 59 or 60 . Agrippa expended large sums in beautifying Jerusalem and other cities, especially Berytus (ancient Beirut), a Hellenised city in Phoenicia. His partiality for the latter rendered him unpopular ...
Berenice depicted with her brother Agrippa II during the trial of St. Paul. From a stained glass window in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne . Josephus records three short-lived marriages in Berenice's life, the first which took place sometime between 41 and 43, when she was between the ages of 13 and 15, to Marcus Julius Alexander , brother of ...
William Hogarth, Paul before Felix, 1752. Drusilla is seated on Felix's right. Julia Drusilla (Greek: Δρούσιλλα; born AD 38) was a daughter of Herod Agrippa (the last king of ancient Roman Judaea) and Cypros. Her siblings were Berenice, Mariamne, and Herod Agrippa II. [1]
Death of Herod Agrippa I [44 AD] Paul and Barnabas' first missionary journey ; The Council of Jerusalem ; Paul's Second missionary journey (15:36–18:22) Paul's Third missionary journey (18:23–21:16) Paul before Felix ; Paul before Festus ; Paul before Agrippa II (25:23–26:32) Paul's Journey to Rome
Berenice maintained her elite status in Judea through her family's close ties with the Roman imperial family. [3] This tie allowed for her son Agrippa to be raised in Rome with the family of Antonia Minor, some of Rome's future leaders.
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.