26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.



Ver. 26. To write unto my lord] Êõñéïò signifieth one that hath rule or dominion, being a word of relation, {a} This title was first affected by tyrants; but afterwards the good princes suffered it to be given unto them, as appeareth by Pliny’s Epistle to Trajan. The emperors disclaimed only the name of king, to avoid the hatred of the people, and yet sought the full right of kings, and to destroy the liberty of the people. But God calls them kings, 1Pe_2:13; 1Pe_2:17. God hateth hypocrisy in whomsoever; and will unmask even kings, if they dissemble.



{a} Deducitur a êõñïò , authoritas.