Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 26:23
See notes on verse 22
See notes on verse 22
Verse Acts 26:23. _THAT CHRIST SHOULD SUFFER_] That _the Christ_, or _Messiah_, should suffer. This, though fully revealed in the prophets, the prejudices of the Jews would not permit them to receive...
THAT CHRIST - That the Messiah expected by the Jews should be a suffering Messiah. SHOULD SUFFER - Should lead a painful life, and be put to death. See the notes on Acts 17:3; compare Daniel 9:27;...
CHAPTER 26 __ 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...
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...
THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. But first of all to those in Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and throughout the whole land of Judaea and to the Gentiles, I brought...
THAT. If. Greek. _ei._ App-118. Compare Acts 26:8. CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98. SHOULD SUFFER. is liable or destined to suffer. Greek. _pathetos._ Only here. Justin Martyr puts the word into the mou...
_that Christ should suffer Rev. Ver._"How that the Christ must suffer," but giving in the margin on "How that" _or_"if" _or_"whether." The Greek is the conjunction ordinarily rendered "if," and the li...
ΕἸ ΠΑΘΗΤῸΣ Ὁ ΧΡΙΣΤΌΣ, _that the Christ should suffer_. Literally ‘if the Christ be one who has to suffer.’ And the Apostle having in his mind the facts, puts the sentence as a topic on which there was...
Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
_PAUL'S PREACHING AMONG THE GENTILES ACTS 26:19-23:_ Paul was obedient to Jesus concerning his personal salvation and concerning the work the Lord had for him to do. He immediately began to preach at...
ΕΊ (G1487) если, что, ли (_см._ Acts 26:8; RWP; Haenchen). Передает содержание ветхозаветной истины, ΠΑΘΗΤΌΣ (G3805) страдание, подвергнутый мукам, способный пострадать (BD, 36; RG, 157). ΜΈΛΛΕΙ _pr...
DISCOURSE: 1812 PAUL’S TESTIMONY Acts 26:22. _Having obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Mos...
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....
_ That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles._ That Christ ('the Christ,' or 'Messiah') shou...
22 It is evident that the apostle did disclose secrets which cannot be found in Moses and the prophets. One of these was the secret of the resurrecction, made known to the Corinthians (1Co_15:15). Ano...
THAT CHRIST SHOULD SUFFER] RV 'how that the Christ must suffer'; RM 'if the Christ must suffer,' or, 'whether the Christ must suffer': see Luke 24:26; Luke 24:46 and Isaiah 53. THE FIRST] see...
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...
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,...
THAT CHRIST SHOULD SUFFER. — Literally, _that the Christ was passible_ — _i.e.,_ capable of suffering. The great body of the Jews had fixed their thoughts only on the prophetic visions of the glories...
εἰ = Hebrews 7:15, _i.e._, as is most certain from the authority of Scripture, “how that the Christ,” R.V. παθητὸς : “must suffer,” R.V. (“although is subject to suffering,” margin), _cf._ Vulgate, _p...
CONVINCING HIS INQUISITORS Acts 26:22 Paul was in his element. He was delivering to kings and governors the testimony which it was the constant object of his life to give, when suddenly he was stoppe...
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,...
Naturally, Paul could not disobey a voice from heaven, so he preached the gospel in Damascus and Jerusalem, both to the Jews and Gentiles. Notice, his preaching included the necessity of repentance, a...
That Christ should (g) suffer, [and] that he should be the (h) first that should rise from the dead, and should shew (i) light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. (g) That Christ would not be such...
That Christ should suffer, &c. Literally, if Christ be passible. If, here is expounded not as implying a condition, but as an affirmation; so that the sense is, that Christ, according to the predictio...
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...
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...
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...
THAT CHRIST SHOULD SUFFER,.... Great afflictions in soul and body, and death itself; this is recorded by Moses, Genesis 3:15 and is the sense of many of the types, as of the passover, brazen serpent,...
That Christ should suffer, _and_ that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. Ver. 23. _That Christ should suffer_] This ver...
_For these causes_ And for no other; _the Jews_ Who have the same inveteracy against the gospel of Jesus that I once had; _caught_ (seized) _me in the temple, and went about_ (attempted) _to kill me_...
THAT CHRIST SHOULD SUFFER, AND THAT HE SHOULD BE THE FIRST THAT SHOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND SHOULD SHOW LIGHT UNTO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE GENTILES. The miraculous vision, as well as the words of Chr...
How Paul had carried out the work of his call:...
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...
THAT THE CHRIST WOULD SUFFER, THAT HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND WOULD PROCLAIM LIGHT TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND TO THE GENTILES. 1. The gospel is the message of the suffering, death...
"how that the Christ must suffer, and how that He first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles" How that the Christ must suffer" Luke 24:25-26; 44...
12-23 Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; when in the full career of his sin. He was made a minister by Divine authority: the same Jesus who a...
The sufferings of Christ were taught by Moses in all the commands about sacrifices, and more plainly by Isaiah in all the 53rd chapter ISAIAH 53:1; insomuch, that this was acknowledged by Tryphon, dis...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians For says [Paul], "If Christ should become passible, and should be the first to rise again from the dead."[12]...
Acts 26:23 that G1487 Christ G5547 suffer G3805 that G1487 first G4413 to G1537 rise G3195 (G5719)...
“Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand, to this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come, how that the Christ...
_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...
Acts 26:23. THAT CHRIST SHOULD SUFFER, AND THAT HE SHOULD BE THE FIRST THAT SHOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND SHOULD SHOW LIGHT UNTO THE PEOPLE AND UNTO THE GENTILES. In other words, ‘Protected by a Divi...
HOW THAT THE CHRIST MUST SUFFER (ε παθητος ο Χριστος). Literally, "if the Messiah is subject to suffering." Ε can here mean "whether" as in Hebrews 7:15. This use of a verbal in -τος for capability...
CHRIST The Christ must suffer. See (Acts 3:18); (Acts 17:3). (_ See Scofield) - (Acts 17:3). _...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
IT WAS FOR THIS REASON. Because he both obeyed and preached Christ. BUT TO THIS VERY DAY. God had helped him and showed his work to be genuine. WHAT I SAY IS THE VERY SAME THING. The _historical Chris...
21-30. REPENT OF THEIR SINS AND TURN TO GOD. Compare Acts 3:19 and note. Paul preached a NEW LIFE!!!...
_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...
_Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision._ THE HEAVENLY VISION This is Paul’s account of the decisive moment on which all his own future, and a great deal of the fut...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 26:22 The inclusiveness of Paul’s witness was both social (SMALL AND GREAT) and racial (OUR PEOPLE AND... THE GENTILES). The suffering of Jesus was the fulfillment of OT prop
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 26:19.—Begins the third part of Paul’s defence, and furnishes the reason for his Gentile mission. WHEREUPON.—Lit., _whence_, wherefore, accordingly—_i.e._, having been so inst...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:3; Acts 13:34; Acts 2:23;...
That Christ should suffer [ε ι π α θ η τ ο ς ο χ ρ ι σ τ ο ς]. Rather, if or whether the Messiah is liable to suffering. He expresses himself in a problematic form, because it was the point of debate...