Acts 25:13

Festus solicits Agrippa to hear Paul’s case

Verse 13: “king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea” King Agrippa is known in secular history as Marcus Julius Agrippa and Herod Agrippa II. Agrippa II was a member and last ruler of the Herodian Dynasty. He was born circa AD 28, the great-grandson of Herod the Great (Matthew 2) and son of Herod Agrippa (Acts 12).[1] Bernice and Drusilla (Felix’s wife) were his sisters. See Josephus, Antiquities, Book XX, Chapter 7.

Five Witnesses to Paul’s Innocence.

“Paul has spoken before the Jewish mob at the Temple (Acts 21:15 to Acts 22:29); he has been taken before the Sanhedrin and addressed the Jewish leaders (Acts 22:30 to Acts 23:35); he has stood before Felix the governor (Acts 24:1-27); he now stands before Festus the subsequent governor (Acts 25:1-12), and he will stand before King Agrippa (Acts 25:13 to Acts 26:32).”[2]

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[1] Information in Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus suggests that Agrippa II died circa AD 93. “Agrippa II,” E. M. S., in The Oxford Classical Dictionary, N. G. L. Hammond and H. H. Scullard, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1948, p. 30.
[2] “The Book of Acts,” Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures, Gary H. Everett, 2013. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ghe/acts-22.html