Agrippa and Bernice meet Festus
AD 59 (1D)Paul goes before Agrippa
AD 59 (1D)Bearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I., the Herod Agrippa of Acts 12:20. After the early death of her first husband she was married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. After his death (A.D. 40) she lived in incestuous connection with her brother Agrippa II. (Acts 25:13, 23; 26:30). They joined the Romans at the outbreak of the final war between them and the Jews, and lived afterwards at Rome.
- Acts.25: And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
- Acts.25: And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
- Acts.26: And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: