Post by Lee on May 7, 2015 2:01:34 GMT
(Acts 25.).—Josephus makes out that Festus was one of the best governors sent out from Rome to Judea. Very likely, but friendship for the Jews often meant danger to Christians. Herod Agrippa II. was the son of the Herod mentioned in chapter 12. He was most devoted to Judaism, but was distrusted by the Jews because of his Roman sympathies and tastes. He tried to prevent the war which ended in the destruction of Jerusalem, but in vain. He sided with the Romans, and took part in the siege of Jerusalem. Bernice was his sister, and also the sister of Drusilla. Her life is said to have been a succession of scandals.
Festus acknowledges that he could formulate no charge against Paul, yet he became a party to the sin of keeping an innocent man prisoner; he would have given him up to the Jews, but dare not. We must not forget that Cæsar and Augustus are not proper names. Cæsar was the family or surname of twelve occupants of the imperial throne, it was adopted as a title by their successors. From Cæsar, we have Kaiser. the ruler of Germany, the Czar of Russia, and, I suppose, the Shah of Persia. Augustus was a title taken by all the emperors.
(1913). The Christadelphian, 50(electronic ed.), 96.
Festus acknowledges that he could formulate no charge against Paul, yet he became a party to the sin of keeping an innocent man prisoner; he would have given him up to the Jews, but dare not. We must not forget that Cæsar and Augustus are not proper names. Cæsar was the family or surname of twelve occupants of the imperial throne, it was adopted as a title by their successors. From Cæsar, we have Kaiser. the ruler of Germany, the Czar of Russia, and, I suppose, the Shah of Persia. Augustus was a title taken by all the emperors.
(1913). The Christadelphian, 50(electronic ed.), 96.