NT Characters: Drusilla

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.ReferencesActs 24:24Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, xx.7.2.NT Character Podcast on FelixBirthBorn in Rome (?) 38 ADThe youngest of three daughters of Herod Agrippa I (grandson of Herod the Great), who had killed the apostle James (Acts 12).She was apparently quite beautiful.MarriageMarried as a teenager.Accepted an invitation to leave her lawful husband to marry Felix. Felix engaged the services of a Jewish Cypriot magician (similar to the sorcerer of Acts 13?) to persuade her to leave her husband.Thus she ignored the clear teaching of Judaism on marriage.Felix and Drusilla had a son, Marcus Antonius Agrippa, as well as a daughter, Antonia Clementiana.DeathDied 24 August 79 in Pompeii, with the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius.Two famous people died in the eruption: Drusilla and Pliny the elder. (He was a personal friend of the emperor Vespasian)--who died trying to rescue a friend.LessonsCultivate character, not only the outward self.Remain faithful to your spouse.Judgment will eventually overtake us all.