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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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RESULT OF THE HEARING.
Acts 26:30 scarcely suggests the deliberations of a court after the
hearing....
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THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
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As Paul was making his defence, Festus cried out, "Paul, you are mad.
Much learning has turned you to madness." But Paul said, "I am not
mad, Festus, your Excellency, but I am uttering words of truth...
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AND WHEN, &C. All the texts omit.
KING. Paul's appeal had taken the case out of the hands of Festus; so
this was not. court of justice, but an inquiry to please Agrippa, and
to enable Festus to make h...
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_And when he had thus spoken_ The oldest MSS. omit these words.
_they that sat with them_ i.e. the chief captains and the principal
men of Cæsarea. (See Acts 25:23.) The authorities withdrew to consu...
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Interruption by Festus. Appeal to Agrippa. Consultation and decision
24 _Festus said with a loud voice_ Probably what had last fallen from
Paul seemed to him little better than lunatic ravings. The G...
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καὶ ταῦτα εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ omitted with אAB.
Not represented in _Vulg_.
30. ΟἹ ΣΥΓΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ, _they that sat
with them_, i.e. the chief captains and the principal men of Cæsarea.
(See Acts 25:2...
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INTERRUPTION BY FESTUS. APPEAL TO AGRIPPA. CONSULTATION AND DECISION...
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_PAUL PROVED HIMSELF TO BE INNOCENT ACTS 26:24-32:_ Festus reacted by
saying that Paul was a mad man. Paul said he was not mad and that what
he preached was true and in harmony with scripture. Paul th...
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ΑΝΈΣΤΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450)
вставать,
ΣΥΓΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΣΥΓΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G4775) сидеть вместе, сидеть
с _adj. part._ в роли _subst._...
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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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30-32. The course of remark and the feeling of the audience had now
reached that painful crisis in which it was necessary either to yield
at once to the power of persuasion, or to break up the intervi...
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AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, THE KING ROSE UP, AND THE GOVERNOR, AND
BERNICE, AND THEY THAT SAT WITH THEM:
_ And [when he had thus spoken], the king rose up_ (the bracketed
words are certainly an a...
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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...
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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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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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AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, THE KING ROSE UP... — The act
indicated, as far as it went, that the Apostle’s words had made a
favourable impression. This, they felt, was no common criminal, no
fomenter...
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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...
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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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Agrippa's Response
Festus interrupted with a loud declaration that Paul had gone crazy
from too much learning. It seems Paul's failure to defend himself,
instead focussing on converting his judges, wa...
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(10) And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor,
and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
(10) Paul is solemnly acquitted, and yet not dismissed....
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And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and
Bernice, and they that sat with them: (31) And when they were gone
aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth no...
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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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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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AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN,.... These words are omitted in the
Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions:
THE KING ROSE UP; from the judgment seat; that is, King Agrippa:
A...
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And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and
Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Ver. 30. _The king rose up and the governor_] A little of such sad
discourse served their tu...
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_And when he had thus spoken_ That the impression Paul began to make
upon the court might reach no further; _the king rose up_ Thus
neglecting to yield to conviction, and losing, perhaps for ever, an...
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The end of the hearing:...
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AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, THE KING ROSE UP, AND THE GOVERNOR, AND
BERNICE, AND THEY THAT SAT WITH THEM...
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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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WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS, THE KING STOOD UP, AS WELL AS THE
GOVERNOR AND BERNICE AND THOSE WHO SAT WITH THEM;
1. The meeting is now over.
2. The king stands up, along with the governor, Bernice...
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"And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that
sat with them"The king rose up" Signaling the end of this discussion.
"The governor" Festus. "Bernice" (ber NIH see). The oldest dau...
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24-32 It becomes us, on all occasions, to speak the words of truth
and soberness, and then we need not be troubled at the unjust censures
of men. Active and laborious followers of the gospel often ha...
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Agrippa, Festus, and the queen, together with the governor's council,
although they had heard this excellent discourse from, the most
learned apostle, like the blackamoor or leopard, they cannot chang...
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30-32. The course of remark and the feeling of the audience had now
reached that painful crisis in which it was necessary either to yield
at once to the power of persuasion, or to break up the intervi...
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Acts 26:30 G2532 he G846 said G2036 (G5631) things G5023 king G935 up
G450 (G5627) as G25
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PAUL IS DECLARED TO HAVE DONE NOTHING WORTHY OF DEATH AND THUS TO HAVE
CONFORMED TO THE LAW, BUT KING HEROD AGRIPPA II CLOSES HIS HEART
AGAINST HIS WORDS (26:24-32)....
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‘And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they who
sat with them, and when they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another,
saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.” '...
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Acts 26:30. AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, THE KING ROSE UP, AND THE
GOVERNOR, AND BERNICE, AND THEY THAT SAT WITH THEM. Thus arising and
leaving the court in order of their precedence. Such an exact de...
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ROSE UP
(ανεστη). Second aorist active of ανιστημ (intransitive),
agreeing only with "the king" (ο βασιλευς). The entertainment
was over....
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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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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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DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROPHETS? Agrippa did believe the prophets, as all
Jews did. Therefore he would not appraise the idea of the prophecies
being fulfilled as mad and irrational. DO YOU THINK YOU WILL...
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21-30. REPENT OF THEIR SINS AND TURN TO GOD. Compare Acts 3:19 and
note. Paul preached a NEW LIFE!!!...
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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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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 26:24. AS HE THUS SPAKE FOR HIMSELF.—Lit., _he speaking these
things in his defence_—ταῦτα, these things, being the words
just uttered about the resurrection, rather than the e...
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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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Acts 18:15; Acts 28:22...
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The king, the governor, Bernice. Mentioned in the order of their rank....
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And as he said this, the king rose up — An unspeakably precious
moment to Agrippa. Whether he duly improved it or no, we shall see in
that day....
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Observe here, How Agrippa, Festus, and the whole company, acquit the
innocent apostle in their judgments and consciences, yea, with their
tongues declare, that he deserves neither death nor bonds; yet...