Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, “you will hear him.”
In context
20Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges. 21But Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the Emperor, so I ordered him held until I could send him to Caesar.” 22Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, “you will hear him.” 23So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great ceremony and entered the audience hall, together with the tribunes and the leading men of the city; and at the order of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all of you here with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community petitioned me about him, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
