Acts 25:13

 Acts 25:13

And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.

a. ASV: Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus.  [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. YLT:  And certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea saluting Festus,  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified:  Now after an interval of some days, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus [to welcome him and wish him well].  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Peshitta Eastern Text:  Some days later, King A-grip'pa and Ber-ni'ce came down to Cµs-a-re'a to greet Festus.  [HOLY BIBLE FROM THE ANCIENT EASTERN TEXT. Copyright  Ⓒ 1933 by A.J. Holmon Co.; copyright  Ⓒ renewed 1968 by A.J. Holmon Co.; All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.]

e. NLT:  A few days later King Agrippa arrived with his sister, Bernice,[fn] to pay their respects to Festus.  [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

1. “And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.”

a. And [Strong: 1161. de deh a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).]

b. after [Strong:  1230. diaginomai dee-ag-in'-om-ahee from 1223 and 1096; to elapse meanwhile:--X after, be past, be spent.]

c. certain [Strong: 5100. tis tis an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).]

d. days [Strong: 2250. hemera hay-mer'-ah feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context):--age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.]

e. king [Strong: 935. basileus bas-il-yooce' probably from 939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively):--king.

f. Agrippa [Strong: 67. Agrippas ag-rip'-pas apparently from 66 and 2462; wild-horse tamer; Agrippas, one of the Herods:--Agrippa.]

g. and [Strong: 2532. kai kahee apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.]

h. Bernice [Strong: 959. Bernike ber-nee'-kay from a provincial form of 5342 and 3529; victorious; Bernice, a member of the Herodian family:--Bernice.]

i. came [Strong: 2658. katantao kat-an-tah'-o from 2596 and a derivative of 473; to meet against, i.e. arrive at (literally or figuratively):--attain, come.]

j. unto [Strong: 1519. eis ice a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases:--(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).]

k. Caesarea [Strong: 2542. Kaisereia kahee-sar'-i-a from 2541; Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine:--Caesarea.]

l. [to] salute [Strong: 782. aspazomai as-pad'-zom-ahee from 1 (as a particle of union) and a presumed form of 4685; to enfold in the arms, i.e. (by implication) to salute, (figuratively) to welcome:--embrace, greet, salute, take leave.]

m. [Strong: 3588. [ton] ὁ ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.] [Thayer: [ton] ὁ, ἡ, τό, originally τος, τῇ, τό (as is evident from the forms τοι, ται for οἱ, αἱ in Homer and the Ionic writings), corresponds to our definite article the (German der, die, das), which is properly a demonstrative pronoun, which we see in its full force in Homer, and of which we find certain indubitable traces also in all kinds of Greek prose, and hence also in the N. T.] [Additional variants: tē, hoi, oi, tēn, ta, tēs, tois, tais, tō, tōn, tou, hé  hē, hai, tas.]

n. Festus [Strong: 5347. Phestos face'-tos of Latin derivation; festal; Phestus (i.e. Festus), a Roman:--Festus.]

1). The Acts of the Apostles, Robert A. Tourville: Soon after Festus took over the governorship from Felix, King Agrippa, son of Agrippa I (Acts 1221-23), came to court the influence of Rome’s newly appointed official. Agrippa was the brother of Bernice with whom he was living in an incestuous relationship. They resided at Caesarea, Philippi. Bernice was a sister of Drusilla.