And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.

1. Now the "puppet king" Agrippa and his wife/sister come to visit the new governor.

2. Agrippa - is the son of Herod Agrippa, the king who killed James in Acts 12:1-25.

3. Bernice - Thayer says, "The eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. Acts 12:1 - She was first married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, and after his death (A.D. 48) she lived under circumstances of great suspicion with her own brother, Agrippa II, in connection with whom she is mentioned as having visited Festus on his appointment as procurator of Judea." She is also the sister of Drusilla, mentioned in Acts 24:24.

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