Acts 25:23 meaning and explanation

The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

Acts 25:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Festus, the new Roman governor, stages a public hearing in Caesarea so that King Agrippa and the city's leading men can help him draft charges against Paul, who has appealed to Caesar. The Greek word for the entrance here, phantasia, refers to an impressive display or pageant, so the scene sets imperial ceremony against a prisoner in chains.

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