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[3640.84 --> 3642.00] he kept Paul
[3642.00 --> 3642.88] for two years
[3642.88 --> 3643.38] in prison
[3643.38 --> 3644.08] is because he was
[3644.08 --> 3644.84] hoping that Paul
[3644.84 --> 3645.30] would give him
[3645.30 --> 3645.80] a bribe.
[3645.80 --> 3648.50] So for two years
[3648.50 --> 3649.60] Felix kept him
[3649.60 --> 3651.00] until Felix
[3651.00 --> 3651.70] is recalled
[3651.70 --> 3653.24] and he's replaced
[3653.24 --> 3654.14] by Festus,
[3654.70 --> 3655.58] another governor.
[3656.32 --> 3656.88] Now the Jews
[3656.88 --> 3658.04] conspire with Festus
[3658.04 --> 3658.84] to transfer Paul
[3658.84 --> 3659.68] back to Jerusalem
[3659.68 --> 3661.08] because they have
[3661.08 --> 3662.32] a plot to kill him
[3662.32 --> 3663.34] while on the way.
[3664.10 --> 3665.12] And it's at this point
[3665.12 --> 3666.06] that Paul again
[3666.06 --> 3667.78] appeals to Caesar.
[3668.82 --> 3669.76] Caesar is the title
[3669.76 --> 3670.30] of the emperor
[3670.30 --> 3670.80] in Rome.
[3671.04 --> 3671.70] At this time
[3671.70 --> 3672.48] it would have been Nero.
[3672.48 --> 3674.32] because of Paul's
[3674.32 --> 3674.84] citizenship,
[3675.44 --> 3676.78] Festus has no choice
[3676.78 --> 3677.82] but to agree.
[3678.14 --> 3678.64] And he says
[3678.64 --> 3679.40] in Acts 25,
[3679.68 --> 3680.42] you have appealed
[3680.42 --> 3681.02] to Caesar,
[3681.60 --> 3682.70] to Caesar you will go.
[3684.68 --> 3685.36] And so while he's
[3685.36 --> 3686.16] waiting to go
[3686.16 --> 3687.16] before he can go
[3687.16 --> 3687.96] to Caesar,
[3688.22 --> 3689.30] Festus invites
[3689.30 --> 3690.26] King Agrippa.
[3691.12 --> 3693.26] This is Agrippa II
[3693.26 --> 3694.46] who's the great
[3694.46 --> 3696.14] grandson of Herod the Great.
[3696.28 --> 3697.40] If you know
[3697.40 --> 3698.00] the story
[3698.00 --> 3698.82] of the birth
[3698.82 --> 3699.38] of Jesus,
[3699.56 --> 3700.28] Herod the Great
[3700.28 --> 3701.02] is the one
[3701.02 --> 3701.64] who was ruling
[3701.64 --> 3702.20] at the time
[3702.20 --> 3703.36] of Jesus' birth.
[3704.22 --> 3704.98] Agrippa II
[3704.98 --> 3706.28] was only a boy
[3706.28 --> 3707.24] when his father,
[3707.48 --> 3708.74] Agrippa I,
[3709.26 --> 3709.88] died.
[3710.50 --> 3712.04] And so because of that
[3712.04 --> 3713.20] the Romans divided
[3713.20 --> 3714.58] his rule
[3714.58 --> 3715.80] up under these governors.
[3715.98 --> 3716.58] That's why we have
[3716.58 --> 3717.54] Felix and Festus
[3717.54 --> 3718.24] in this story.
[3718.82 --> 3720.56] But as Agrippa grew older
[3720.56 --> 3721.76] he managed to get
[3721.76 --> 3722.62] more and more
[3722.62 --> 3724.18] rule and authority
[3724.18 --> 3725.98] back from Rome
[3725.98 --> 3727.72] though never Judea proper,
[3728.24 --> 3729.68] rather regions to the north.
[3730.34 --> 3731.50] But he does manage
[3731.50 --> 3732.72] this place of influence
[3732.72 --> 3733.58] with them.
[3734.92 --> 3735.56] Now Paul
[3735.56 --> 3736.42] is given a chance
[3736.42 --> 3737.00] to preach
[3737.00 --> 3737.76] to Festus
[3737.76 --> 3738.60] and to Agrippa
[3738.60 --> 3740.04] and Bernice.
[3740.22 --> 3741.36] Bernice is Agrippa's
[3741.36 --> 3741.92] sister
[3741.92 --> 3743.66] and also
[3743.66 --> 3744.78] his rumored
[3744.78 --> 3745.50] consort.
[3747.28 --> 3748.54] But Paul preaches
[3748.54 --> 3749.54] to this group
[3749.54 --> 3750.48] along with a number
[3750.48 --> 3751.24] of other leaders
[3751.24 --> 3752.62] from the Sanhedrin.
[3753.36 --> 3754.00] Now honestly
[3754.00 --> 3755.96] these chapters
[3755.96 --> 3757.28] from 23 to 27
[3757.28 --> 3758.68] are an amazing read
[3758.68 --> 3759.66] and if you're looking
[3759.66 --> 3760.48] for some devotional