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Agrippa

In the story

  • Agrippa and Bernice meet Festus · 56 AD
  • Paul goes before Agrippa · 56 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Son of the foregoing, was born at Rome, A.D. 27. He was the brother of Bernice and Drusilla. The Emperor Claudius (A.D. 48) invested him with the office of superintendent of the Temple of Jerusalem, and made him governor (A.D. 50) of Chalcis. He was afterwards raised to the rank of king, and made governor over the tetrarchy of Philip and Lysanias (Acts 25:13; 26:2, 7). It was before him that Paul delivered (A.D. 59) his speech recorded in Acts 26. His private life was very profligate. He died (the last of his race) at Rome, at the age of about seventy years, A.D. 100.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 12 verses

Acts
25:13, 25:22, 25:23, 25:24, 25:26, 26:1, 26:2, 26:7, 26:19, 26:27, 26:28, 26:32

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.