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Drusilla

A Jewish princess, wife of the governor Felix, present when Paul reasoned about righteousness and judgement.

Role: Wife of Felix
Lived: 1st century

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1 Ancient writers — non-biblical testimony · 1
Family & lineage
BibleYoungest daughter of Agrippa I and Jewish wife of the governor Felix, present when Paul reasoned of righteousness and judgement.
Acts 24:24
↳ Paul the Apostle · Felix
Life, role & deeds
Josephus, Antiquities 20.7.1-2 (20.141-144), on Drusilla's marriage to Felix and the death of her son at the Vesuvius eruption of AD 79; cf. Acts 24:24. Scan by NYPL — Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) Ancient writersJosephus records her marriage to Felix; she and her son are said to have perished in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79.
Josephus, Antiquities 20.7.1-2 (20.141-144), on Drusilla's marriage to Felix and the death of her son at the Vesuvius eruption of AD 79; cf. Acts 24:24.

Where in scripture

Acts

But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 24:24 — Hears Paul with Felix

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Acts 24:24

Family

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