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I VERILY THOUGHT - I indeed μὲν men supposed. Paul here commences
the account of his conversion, and states the evidence on which he
judged that he was called of God to do what he had done. He begins...
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CHAPTER 26
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1. The Address of the Apostle Paul (Acts 26:2).
2. The Interruption by Festus and the Appeal to the King (Acts 26:24).
3. The Verdict (Acts 26:30).
The opening words of the Apostle a...
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PAUL SPEAKS BEFORE AGRIPPA. It is Agrippa the vassal king, not Festus
the representative of the sovereign power, who calls on Paul to speak,
and to whom Paul addresses himself throughout, even after t...
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Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak on your own
behalf." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defence. "With
regard to the charges made against me by the Jews, King Agrippa,...
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THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
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VERILY. therefore indeed.
TO. unto. Greek. _pros._ App-104.
THE NAME. See Acts 2:38.
JESUS. App-98.
OF NAZARETH. the Nazarene. See Acts 2:22. This is the seventh and last
occ of the title in Acts....
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_contrary to the name_ i.e. to the faith of Jesus Christ, into whose
name believers were to be baptized. Cp. Acts 5:41, note. "Name" is
constantly used in O. T. as the equivalent of "Godhead," and any...
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ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸ ὌΝΟΜΑ, _contrary to the name_, i.e. to the faith
of Jesus Christ, into whose name believers were to be baptized. Cf.
Acts 5:41, note. ‘Name’ is constantly used in O.T. as the
equivalent of ‘Go...
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Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
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_PAUL HUMBLY ADDRESSED AGRIPPA ACTS 26:1-11:_ Agrippa gave Paul
permission to speak for himself. As Paul began his defense he
stretched forth his hand. This action was designed to gain their
attention...
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ΈΓΏ ΜΈΝ ΟΎΝ (G2442; G3303; G3767) я тогда. Вводит
указание на его прошлый образ жизни
(Schneider; _см._ Acts 26:4).
ΈΔΟΞΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380) казаться,
думать, с _inf._ ΈΜΑΥΤΏ ...
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f.
Paul's defense before King Agrippa. Acts 25:13 bActs 26:32.
Acts 25:13
Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice
arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus....
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9-11. To still further illustrate his former standing among the
Pharisees, he describes his original relation toward the cause of
Christ. (9) "_I thought with myself that I ought to do many things
con...
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I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
I VERILY THOUGHT WITH MYSELF, THAT I OUGHT TO DO MANY THINGS CONTRARY
TO THE NAME OF JESUS OF...
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1 King Agrippa was a notable figure throughout the closing period of
Jewish national life. He was the last prince of the Herodian line.
Unlike the Roman governors, who were frequently replaced and mos...
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DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA
1-32. St. Paul before Agrippa. This speech, though in form a defence
to the Jews, is really intended by St. Luke to be St. Paul's defence
to the world—an apology for his whole...
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CONTRARY TO THE NAME] i.e. in order to suppress the confession and
invocation of it....
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 26
PAUL SPEAKS TO KING AGRIPPA, 26:1-11
V1 Agrippa told Paul, ‘You may now speak for yourself.’ Paul
waved his hand. He said, V2 ‘King Agrippa,...
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I VERILY THOUGHT WITH MYSELF... — The words have a tone of
considerate sympathy and hope. He himself had been led from unbelief
to faith; he will not despair of a like transition for others, even
for...
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ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν : the words may be taken as simply resuming
the narrative of the Apostle's life which he had commenced in Acts
26:4-5, the three succeeding verses forming a parenthesis, or as an
answer to...
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PAUL PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF
Acts 26:1
Though Paul's defense before Agrippa is in substance the same as that
from the castle stairs at Jerusalem, it differs in the extended
description of the...
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Agrippa intimated to Paul that he might speak, and the apostle spent a
moment in introductory words, and then uttered his great apologia, in
which a twofold purpose is evident, first, his own defense,...
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Paul's Description of His Actions as a Persecutor
When Paul took actions to stop the teachings about Jesus and His
followers, he was directed by his conscience. Just as Agrippa's family
had pursued an...
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Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and
questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear
me patiently. (4) My manner of life from my youth, which was at the...
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The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an
episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to
Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
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9._And I truly. _If Paul had not spoken more things than those which
Luke hath hitherto recited, his speech had not hanged well together.
− (614) Whence we prove that which was said before, that aft...
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Paul's address to king Agrippa furnishes us with the most complete
picture of the entire position of the apostle, as he himself looked at
it when his long service and the light of the Holy Ghost illum...
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I VERILY THOUGHT WITH MYSELF,.... This seems to be a correction of
himself, why he should wonder at their ignorance and unbelief,
particularly with respect to Jesus being the Messiah, and his
resurrec...
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I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Ver. 9. _Contrary to the name, &c._] Tertullian testifieth, that in
the primitive Christians, _...
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_Why should it be thought a thing incredible_ (It was thought so by
Festus, Acts 25:19, to whom Paul answers as if he had heard him
discourse;) _that God_ A Being of infinite perfections, and the
orig...
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I VERILY THOUGHT WITH MYSELF; in persecuting Christ, Paul was sincere
in his error; but this did not make him guiltless, for his belief had
its foundation in a wrong state of heart. Had he been humble...
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At Agrippa's invitation to him to speak, Paul is fully prepared. He
expresses his happiness at being privileged to answer for himself to
the king, especially because he knew Agrippa to be an expert in...
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INDEED, I MYSELF THOUGHT I MUST DO MANY THINGS CONTRARY TO THE NAME OF
JESUS OF NAZARETH.
1. Paul admits that he did many things against Jesus.
2. He mentions several of them as specifics of his per...
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"I verily thought with myself that. ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth"I verily thought with myself" "I
myself was convinced" (RSV). "At the time. was convinced" (Rieu)....
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1-11 Christianity teaches us to give a reason of the hope that is in
us, and also to give honour to whom honour is due, without flattery or
fear of man. Agrippa was well versed in the Scriptures of t...
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THE NAME OF JESUS; the religion which teacheth Christ is to be
worshipped, and his name to be magnified. JESUS OF NAZARETH; so they
called our Saviour, of which see ACTS 22:8....
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9-11. To still further illustrate his former standing among the
Pharisees, he describes his original relation toward the cause of
Christ. (9) "_ I thought with myself that I ought to do many things
co...
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Acts 26:9 Indeed G3303 G3767 I G1473 myself G1683 thought G1380
(G5656) must G1163 (G5750) do...
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“I truly thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, and this I also did in Jerusalem.
And I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having receiv...
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_Third Division of the ‘Apologia'Paul relates the strange Incident
in his life which induced him, a Pharisee Teacher, for ever to throw
in his lot with the despised Nazarenes The crucified Nazarene Hi...
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_Paul's Defence of Christianity before King Agrippa, his Sister, and
the Procurator Festus,_ 1-23.
This famous _apologia_ of St. Paul consists of four divisions. The
first, Acts 26:2-3, consists of a...
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I VERILY THOUGHT WITH MYSELF
(εγω μεν ουν εδοξα εμαυτω). Personal construction
instead of the impersonal, a touch of the literary style. Paul's
"egoism" is deceived as so often happens.I OUGHT
(δ...
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Acts 26
St. Paul's Defence before Agrippa.
Observe:
I. What is the central truth of the Christian system. It is a very
suggestive fact that Festus had got hold of the kernel of the whole
subject, as...
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Three times we have in Holy Writ a graphic report of the conversion of
Paul. This may be accounted for partly from its being one of the most
remarkable events of early sacred history, Paul having had...
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Acts 26:1. _Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak
for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for
himself:_
I do not suppose Agrippa imagined that Paul would take...
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CONTENTS: Paul's defense before Agrippa.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Agrippa, Satan, Festus, Bernice, Caesar.
CONCLUSION: When God's servant is given a chance to speak for himself,
it is well if h...
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Acts 26:1. _Then Paul stretched forth the hand,_ the usual signal to
gain attention; it indicates presence of mind in the speaker, and that
his auditory is large. Though the notice was short, the cour...
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I MYSELF THOUGHT. He shows his motivation as it had been when he
persecuted the Christians. He did it, thinking that he honored God by
doing it. I ALSO VOTED FOR IT. This may only mean that Paul appro...
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_Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for
thyself._
PAUL BEFORE AGRIPPA
Here is all that Christianity ever asked for: an opportunity to speak
for itself; and its answer is the one...
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_I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth._
ST. PAUL’S THOUGHT WITH HIMSELF
1. Emerson verily thought with himself that every subject was...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 26:9. Commences the second part of Paul’s apology. Paul would
not despair of converting his countrymen from doubt to belief, since
he himself had undergone a similar mental rev...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 26:1
And for _then, _A.V.; _his _for _the, _A.V.; _made his _defense_ _for
_answered for himself, _A.V. AGRIPPA SAID. It was by the courtesy of
Festus that Agrippa thus took the chief...
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Let's open our Bibles to the twenty-sixth chapter of Acts.
Paul was rescued by Lysias, the captain of the Roman guard from the
mob that was attempting to beat him to death in Jerusalem on the
temple m...
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1 Timothy 1:13; Acts 21:13; Acts 22:8; Acts 24:5; Acts 3:6;...
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I thought — When I was a Pharisee: that I ought to do many things
— Which he now enumerates....
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Here the apostle frankly declares, That he was once as sharp and
bitter an enemy to Christ, and to all that believed in him, as any one
whatever; and thought himself bound in conscience to persecute a...