I also could wish (εβουλομην κα αυτος). The imperfect for courtesy, rather than the blunt βουλομα, I wish, I want. Literally, "I m…

Then Agrippa said, etc. Agrippa undoubtedly had heard much of the fame of Jesus, and of the new sect of Christians; and probably he was mo…

I would also hear the man myself.—Better, I also was myself wishing; the phrase implying that the wish was not now formed…

So Paul's witness-bearing was made to spread still further. It is scarcely possible to conceive of any other circumstances in which the gospel coul…

This stirred Agrippa’s interest so that instead of merely giving his advice, he had an intense personal desire to hear Paul himself. Festus was onl…

I would also. From this we can gather that Agrippa so desired to hear Paul that he was ashamed to make his desire known, lest Festus shoul…

Then Agrippa said to Festus
After he had given him the above account:

I would also hear the man mysel…

Agrippa had the government of Galilee. How many unjust and hasty judgments the Roman maxim (Acts 25:16) condemns! This heathen, guided …