Of whom I have no certain thing,.... No certain crime, charge, or accusation; nothing of any moment or consequence, no particular thing, nothing but a heap of confused notions, of I know not who or what:to write unto my lord; meaning the Roman emperor, under whom he served as governor of Judea:wherefore I have brought him before you; the whole company then present:and especially before thee, O King Agrippa; as being not only a man of eminence, dignity, and authority, but of knowledge in such matters, which the Jews accused Paul of; see Ac 26:2.
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Acts 25:26
Acts 25:26
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