22. Αγρίππας δὲ πρὸς τὸν Φῆστον 1 ἔφη, Εβουλόμην καὶ αὐτὸς τοῦ
ἀνθρώπου ἀκοῦσαι.
ὁ δέ, Αὔριον, φησίν, ἀκούσῃ αὐτοῦ.
23. Τῇ οὖν ἐπαύριον ἐλθόντος τοῦ ᾽Αγρίππα καὶ τῆς Βερνίκης
μετὰ πολλῆς Φαντασίας, καὶ εἰσελθόντων εἰς τὸ ἀκροατήριον, σύν .
τε τοῖς Χιλιάρχοις καὶ ἀνδράσι ”
τοῖς kat ἐξοχὴν οὖσι τῆς πόλεως,
1εφη om. NAB 13, so Tisch. and other authorities as in ver. 21, except Hilg. o Se om. NAB, Vulg., Boh., so Tisch. and other authorities as above.
2For τοις « « « πολεως Syr. H. mg. reads qui descendissent de provincia; in B text Blass adds the words after πολεως (και). τοις om. before χιλ., 5ο NABCE, so
Tisch. and other authorities as above.
it was adopted by Claudius and by suc- ceeding emperors, Tac., Hist., ii., 80, until the third century, when the title Augustus was reserved for the supreme ruler, and that of Cesar was adopted for those who shared his government as his possible heirs, as earlier still it had been conferred upon the heir presump-
tive: ‘‘Cesar,’” Hastings’ B.D. and B.D?! Ver. 22. ἐβονλόμην καὶ αὐτὸς: “I
also was wishing to hear the man my- self,’ R.V., margin, imperfect, as of a wish entertained for some time; it was probable from Agrippa’s position, and his official relationship to Judaism, that he would have been already interested in Paul. Bethge takes it as if it meant that a strong desire had been already awakened by the governor’s statement to hear Paul, see also Winer-Moulton, xli. a, 2; but it is most usual to explain the imperfect here (without ἄν) rather than the direct present as used out of politeness, soften- ing the request, ‘* I should like,” Burton, Ῥ. 16, Page, in loco; Lightfoot, On a Fresh Revision, etc., p. 16. Calvin strangely takes the imperfect to mean that Agrippa had long cherished the wish to hear Paul, but had checked it hitherto, lest he should seem to have come with any other motive than to see Festus.— αὔριον: emphatic (and emphasised by φησίν), indicating the immediate com- pliance with Agrippa’s wish.
Ver. 23. Φαντασίας, Polyb., xv., 25, 15, etc. ; Diod. Sic., xii., 83, and instances in Wetstein, cf. Herod., vii., 10. φαντάζ- εσθαι (Page); ‘in eadem urbe, in qua pater ipsorum a vermibus corrosus ob superbiam perierat” (Wetstein). The word here in the description may point to the presence of an eyewitness (Plump- Πε).---τὸ ἀκροατήριον: auditorium, but the article need not be pressed, as here the word may simply imply the chamber used on this occasion; it would scarcely
have been the place of formal trial, as this was not in question.—yAtdpxots : there were five cohorts stationed at Cesarea, Jos., B.., iii., 4, 2, but see the remarks of Belser, Beitrage, pp. 138- 140.—avSpaot τοῖς Kar’ ἐξοχὴν: evi- dently from the context to be regarded as heathen. Both Jew and heathen in Czsarea had equal civil rights, and had to conduct the public affairs in com- mon; the expression here used does not mean that Jews were excluded from the government, although it is quite in accordance with the fact of the pre- ponderating Gentile element mentioned by Josephus, B.f., iii., 9, 1; Schirer, Fewish People, div. ii., vol.i., p. 86, note, E.T.—kar’ ἐξοχήν: here only in Ν.Τ., not in classical Greek in this sense; primarily of any prominence, cf. LXX, Job xxxix. 28, ἐξόχως, 3 Macc. v. 31; cf. for its meaning here Cic., Ad Att., iv., 15, 7, in classical Greek ἔξοχος; for the phrase, Winer-Moulton, li., 2, g.
Ver. 24. βασιλεῦ, see above on p. 495. ---συμπαρόντες: only here in N.T., cf. Wisd. ix. το, Tobit xii. 12 ΑΒ.--πᾶν τὸ πλ.: the statement is not in the least inconsistent with vv. 2,7, 15. In Jeru- salem at all events it is easily intelligible that a noisy crowd would second the actual accusers, cf. xvii. 5, 6, while in connection with Czesarea we know from the latter years of the government of Felix how bitter the Jews were against the Gentiles, and how natural it would be for them to oppose the Apostle of the Gentiles, Jos., B. $., ii, 13, 7; Ant., xx., 8, 7.--ἐνέτνχόν pou: “made suit to me,” R.V., Wisd. viii. 20, 3 Macc. vi. 37, soin Plut., Pomp., 55, cf. Polyc., Martyr., xvii., 2, with dative only; it is used also of those making complaint before some authority, 1 Macc. viti. 32, x. 61, xi. 35, 2 Macc. iv. 36, see Westcott on Heb. vii. 25. The verb with the exception of Heb. vii. 25 and text is only found in