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Text -- Acts 24:24 (NET)

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Paul Speaks Repeatedly to Felix
24:24 Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Drusilla a daughter of Herod Agrippa I and wife of Felix, the Roman governor of Judea
 · Felix the governor of Judea at the time Paul visited Jerusalem for the last time
 · Jewish the people descended from Israel
 · Jews the people descended from Israel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Zeal | Women | Readings, Select | Prisoners | Paul | PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 | Minister | LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF | LATIN | Judge | JEWESS | JEW, JEWESS, JEWISH | HEROD | Felix | Drusilla | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 1-7 | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Act 24:24 - -- With Drusilla his wife ( sun Drousillēi tēi idiēi gunaiki ). Felix had induced her to leave her former husband Aziz, King of Emesa. She was one...

With Drusilla his wife ( sun Drousillēi tēi idiēi gunaiki ).

Felix had induced her to leave her former husband Aziz, King of Emesa. She was one of three daughters of Herod Agrippa I (Drusilla, Mariamne, Bernice). Her father murdered James, her great-uncle Herod Antipas slew John the Baptist, her great-grandfather (Herod the Great) killed the babes of Bethlehem. Perhaps the mention of Drusilla as "his own wife"is to show that it was not a formal trial on this occasion. Page thinks that she was responsible for the interview because of her curiosity to hear Paul.

Robertson: Act 24:24 - -- Sent for ( metepempsato ). First aorist middle of metapempō as usual (Act 10:5).

Sent for ( metepempsato ).

First aorist middle of metapempō as usual (Act 10:5).

Wesley: Act 24:24 - -- The daughter of Herod Agrippa, one of the finest women of that age. Felix persuaded her to forsake her husband, Azizus, king of Emessa, and to be marr...

The daughter of Herod Agrippa, one of the finest women of that age. Felix persuaded her to forsake her husband, Azizus, king of Emessa, and to be married to himself, though a heathen. She was afterward, with a son she had by Felix, consumed in an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Wesley: Act 24:24 - -- That is, the doctrine of Christ.

That is, the doctrine of Christ.

JFB: Act 24:24-25 - -- This beautiful but infamous woman was the third daughter of Herod Agrippa I, who was eaten of worms (see on Act 12:1), and a sister of Agrippa II, bef...

This beautiful but infamous woman was the third daughter of Herod Agrippa I, who was eaten of worms (see on Act 12:1), and a sister of Agrippa II, before whom Paul pleaded, Act 26:1, &c. She was "given in marriage to Azizus, king of the Emesenes, who had consented to be circumcised for the sake of the alliance. But this marriage was soon dissolved, after this manner: When Festus was procurator of Judea, he saw her, and being captivated with her beauty, persuaded her to desert her husband, transgress the laws of her country, and marry himself" [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 20.7.1,2]. Such was this "wife" of Felix.

JFB: Act 24:24-25 - -- Perceiving from what he had heard on the trial that the new sect which was creating such a stir was represented by its own advocates as but a particul...

Perceiving from what he had heard on the trial that the new sect which was creating such a stir was represented by its own advocates as but a particular development of the Jewish faith, he probably wished to gratify the curiosity of his Jewish wife, as well as his own, by a more particular account of it from this distinguished champion. And no doubt Paul would so far humor this desire as to present to them the great leading features of the Gospel. But from Act 24:25 it is evident that his discourse took an entirely practical turn, suited to the life which his two auditors were notoriously leading.

Clarke: Act 24:24 - -- His wife Drusilla - We have already seen that Felix was thrice married: two of his wives were named Drusilla; one was a Roman, the niece or grand-da...

His wife Drusilla - We have already seen that Felix was thrice married: two of his wives were named Drusilla; one was a Roman, the niece or grand-daughter of Antony and Cleopatra, mentioned by Tacitus, lib. v. cap. 9. The other, the person in the text, was a Jewess, daughter to Herod Agrippa the Great. See Act 12:1, etc. When she was but six years of age, she was affianced to Epiphanes, son of Antiochus, king of Comagene, who had promised to embrace Judaism on her account; but, as he did not keep his word, her brother Agrippa (mentioned Act 25:13) refused to ratify the marriage. About the year of our Lord 53, he married her to Azizus, king of the Emesenes, who received her on condition of being circumcised. Felix having seen her, fell desperately in love with her, and by means of a pretended Jewish magician, a native of Cyprus, persuaded her to leave her husband; on which Felix took her to wife. She appears, on the whole, to have been a person of indifferent character; though one of the finest women of that age. It is said that she, and a son she had by Felix, were consumed in an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. See Josephus, Antiq. lib. xx. cap. 7, and see Calmet and Rosenmuller

Clarke: Act 24:24 - -- Heard him concerning the faith in Christ - For the purpose mentioned in the note on Act 24:21, that he might be the more accurately instructed in th...

Heard him concerning the faith in Christ - For the purpose mentioned in the note on Act 24:21, that he might be the more accurately instructed in the doctrines, views, etc., of the Christians.

Defender: Act 24:24 - -- Drusilla, the third wife of Felix, was very young. As the youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I, she no doubt was at least somewhat informed concerning...

Drusilla, the third wife of Felix, was very young. As the youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I, she no doubt was at least somewhat informed concerning her father's persecution of the Jerusalem church (Act 12:1) and may well have been even more curious than Felix about the Christian faith."

TSK: Act 24:24 - -- he sent : Act 26:22; Mar 6:20; Luk 19:3, Luk 23:8 the faith : Act 16:31, Act 20:21; Gal 2:16, Gal 2:20, Gal 3:2; 1Jo 5:1; Jud 1:3; Rev 14:12

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Act 24:24 - -- Felix came with his wife Drusilla - Drusilla was the daughter of Herod Agrippa the elder, and was engaged to be married to Epiphanes, the son o...

Felix came with his wife Drusilla - Drusilla was the daughter of Herod Agrippa the elder, and was engaged to be married to Epiphanes, the son of King Antiochus, on condition that he would embrace the Jewish religion; but as he afterward refused to do that, the contract was broken off. Afterward she was given in marriage, by her brother Agrippa the younger, to Azizus, king of Emesa, upon his consent to be circumcised. When Felix was governor of Judea, he saw Drusilla and fell in love with her, and sent to her Simon, one of his friends, a Jew, by birth a Cyprian, who pretended to be a magician, to endearour to persuade her to forsake her husband and to marry Felix. Accordingly, in order to avoid the envy of her sister Bernice, who treated her ill on account of her beauty, "she was prevailed on,"says Josephus, "to transgress the laws of her forefathers, and to marry Felix"(Josephus, Antiq. , book 20, chapter 7, sections 1 and 2). She was, therefore, living in adultery with him, and this was probably the reason why Paul dwelt in his discourse before Felix particularly on "temperance,"or chastity. See the notes on Act 24:25.

He sent for Paul, and heard him - Perhaps he did this in order to be more fully acquainted with the case which was submitted to him. It is possible, also, that it might have been to gratify his wife, who was a Jewess, and who doubtless had a desire to be acquainted with the principles of this new sect. It is certain, also, that one object which Felix had in this was to let Paul see how dependent he was on him, and to induce him to purchase his liberty.

Concerning the faith in Christ - Concerning the Christian religion. Faith in Christ is often used to denote the whole of Christianity, as it is the leading and characteristic feature of the religion of the gospel.

Poole: Act 24:24 - -- Felix came with his wife having been out of town to meet and conduct his wife. Drusilla who was daughter of Herod the Great, and sister of that Agr...

Felix came with his wife having been out of town to meet and conduct his wife.

Drusilla who was daughter of Herod the Great, and sister of that Agrippa of whom mention is made in the two following chapters; a most libidinous woman, who had left her husband Aziz, and, whilst he yet lived, was married to this Felix, who was taken with her beauty. Yet Paul preached

the faith in Christ the gospel, unto such, not knowing what persons, or in what hour, God might call.

Gill: Act 24:24 - -- And after certain days,.... Some days after this trial: when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess; to Caesarea, having been to fet...

And after certain days,.... Some days after this trial:

when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess; to Caesarea, having been to fetch her from some other place, or to meet her: this woman was the daughter of Herod Agrippa, who was eaten by worms, Act 12:23 and sister to King Agrippa, mentioned in the next chapter; but though she was born of Jewish parents, and so a Jewess, as she is here called, yet her name was a Roman name, and is the diminutive of Drusus; the first of which name took it from killing Drausus, an enemy's general, and who was of the Livian family; and the name of the mother of Tiberius Caesar was Livia Drusilla; Caius Caligula, the Roman emperor, had also a sister whose name was Drusilla a; this name Herod took from the Romans, and gave to his daughter; though the masculine name is often to be met with in Jewish writings; we frequently read of רבי דרוסאי, "Rabbi Drusai" b; Herod Agrippa c left three daughters, born to him of Cypris, Bernice, Mariamne, and Drusilla; and a son by the same, whose name was Agrippa; Agrippa when his father died was seventeen years of age, Bernice was sixteen, and was married to her uncle Herod; Mariamne and Drusilla were virgins, but were promised in marriage by their father; Mariamne to Julius Archelaus, son of Chelcias, and Drusilla to Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, king of Comagene; but after Herod's death, he refused to marry her, being unwilling to embrace the Jewish religion and relinquish his own, though he had promised her father he would; wherefore her brother Agrippa married her to Azizus king of the Emesenes, who was willing to be circumcised; but this marriage was quickly dissolved; for Felix coming to the government of Judea, seeing Drusilla, was enamoured with her beauty; and by the means of one of his friends, one Simon a Jew, and a native of Cyprus, who pretended to be a magician, he enticed her from her husband, and prevailed upon her to marry him:

he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ; which he did, chiefly on account of his wife, who being brought up in the Jewish religion, had some notion of the Messiah the Jews expected, and could better understand what Paul talked of than he did; who at this time doubtless showed, that Christ was come, and that Jesus of Nazareth was he; that he is truly God and man, that he died, and rose again from the dead on the third day, and that he has obtained salvation for sinners, and that whoever believes in him shall be saved; this was the faith in Christ Paul discoursed of, and Felix and his wife heard; but it does not appear that it was attended with the power of God, to the conversion of either of them; it seems to have been merely out of curiosity, and as a diversion to them, and to do his wife a pleasure, that he sent for Paul and heard him.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 24:24 Or “Messiah Jesus”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed...

Geneva Bible: Act 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife ( o ) Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Chri...

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TSK Synopsis: Act 24:1-27 - --1 Paul being accused by Tertullus the orator,10 answers for his life and doctrine.24 He preaches Christ to the governor and his wife.26 The governor h...

Combined Bible: Act 24:24 - --" Now, after some days, Felix came, with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Drusil...

Maclaren: Act 24:10-25 - --Paul Before Felix Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years ...

Maclaren: Act 24:24 - --III. Felix Summoned Him In Order To Gratify Drusilla. One reading inserts in Acts 24:24 the statement that Drusilla wished to see Paul, and that Feli...

MHCC: Act 24:22-27 - --The apostle reasoned concerning the nature and obligations of righteousness, temperance, and of a judgment to come; thus showing the oppressive judge ...

Matthew Henry: Act 24:22-27 - -- We have here the result of Paul's trial before Felix, and what was the consequence of it. I. Felix adjourned the cause, and took further time to con...

Barclay: Act 24:22-27 - --Felix (5344) was not unkind to Paul but some of Paul's admonitions struck terror into his heart. His wife Drusilla was the daughter of Herod Agrippa ...

Constable: Act 9:32--Rom 1:1 - --III. THE WITNESS TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH 9:32--28:31 Luke next recorded the church's expansion beyond...

Constable: Act 19:21--Rom 1:1 - --D. The extension of the church to Rome 19:21-28:31 "The panel is introduced by the programmatic statemen...

Constable: Act 23:33--27:1 - --3. Ministry in Caesarea 23:33-26:32 Paul's ministry in Caesarea was from prison. Luke devoted ab...

Constable: Act 24:1-27 - --Paul's defense before Felix ch. 24 "The delivery of the prisoner Paul to Caesarea marked...

Constable: Act 24:24-27 - --Paul's subsequent ministry to Felix 24:24-27 24:24 Sometime later Felix, along with his current wife, sent for Paul. Drusilla was the youngest daughte...

College: Act 24:1-27 - --ACTS 24 2. Paul's Trial before Felix (24:1-21) The Accusations against Paul (24:1-9) 1 Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesar...

McGarvey: Act 24:24 - --24. " Now, after some days, Felix came, with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Dru...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES By Way of Introduction But for the Acts we should know nothing of the early apostolic period save what is told in the Epi...

JFB: Acts (Book Introduction) THIS book is to the Gospels what the fruit is to the tree that bears it. In the Gospels we see the corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying: in...

JFB: Acts (Outline) INTRODUCTION--LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH--HIS ASCENSION. (Act 1:1-11) RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PEN...

TSK: Acts (Book Introduction) The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an...

TSK: Acts 24 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Act 24:1, Paul being accused by Tertullus the orator, Act 24:10. answers for his life and doctrine; Act 24:24, He preaches Christ to the ...

Poole: Acts 24 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 24

MHCC: Acts (Book Introduction) This book unites the Gospels to the Epistles. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Christian church from th...

MHCC: Acts 24 (Chapter Introduction) (Act 24:1-9) The speech of Tertullus against Paul. (Act 24:10-21) Paul's defence before Felix. (Act 24:22-27) Felix trembles at the reasoning of Pau...

Matthew Henry: Acts (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Acts of the Apostles We have with an abundant satisfaction seen the foundation of our holy religion...

Matthew Henry: Acts 24 (Chapter Introduction) We left Paul a prisoner at Caesarea, in Herod's judgment-hall, expecting his trial to come on quickly; for in the beginning of his imprisonment his...

Barclay: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES A Precious Book In one sense Acts is the most important book in the New Testament. It is the simple truth t...

Barclay: Acts 24 (Chapter Introduction) A Flattering Speech And A False Charge (Act_24:1-9) Paul's Defence (Act_24:10-21) Plain Speaking To A Guilty Governor (Act_24:22-27)

Constable: Acts (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title "Acts of the Apostles" is very ancient. The Anti-Marcioni...

Constable: Acts (Outline) Outline I. The witness in Jerusalem 1:1-6:7 A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:46 ...

Constable: Acts Acts Bibliography Albright, William Foxwell. The Archaeology of Palestine. 1949. Revised ed. Pelican Archaeolog...

Haydock: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. INTRODUCTION. St. Luke, who had published his gospel, wrote also a second volume, which, from the first ages, hath bee...

Gill: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ACTS This book, in some copies, is called, "The Acts of the holy Apostles". It contains an history of the ministry and miracles of ...

College: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION As early as the second century the title "The Acts of the Apostles" was given to this document. Before that time the work probably circu...

College: Acts (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM - 1:1-8:1a A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK - 1:1-3 B. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE APOSTLES - 1:4-8 C. THE ASCENSI...

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