Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 25:22

"And Agrippa [said] unto Festus, I also could wish to hear the man myself. To-morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him." — Acts 25:22 (ASV)

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 only too happy to arrange a meeting for the very next day. Paul’s meeting with Herod Agrippa II has often been paralleled with that of Jesus before Herod Antipas in Lk 23:6–12. Not only was each arraigned by a Roman governor, but each was brought before a Jewish king who wanted very much to meet him . Paul’s time with Agrippa II, however, turned out far more harmoniously than that of Jesus before Antipas.