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Verse Acts 26:24. _PAUL, THOU ART BESIDE THYSELF_] "Thou art mad,
Paul!" "Thy great learning hath turned thee into a madman." As we
sometimes say, _thou art cracked, and thy brain is turned_. By the...
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FESTUS SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE - Amazed at the zeal of Paul. Paul
doubtless evinced deep interest in the subject, and great earnestness
in the delivery of his defense.
THOU ART BESIDE THYSELF - Thou a...
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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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CHALLENGES AND REJOINDERS. That Paul was out of his senses was said of
him at Corinth (2 Corinthians 5:13); there is nothing in what he is
reported to have said on this occasion that would suggest it...
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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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SPAKE FOR HIMSELF. Same as "answer for himself", verses: Acts 26:1;
Acts 26:2.
FESTUS, &C. To Festus the resurrection of dead persons was as much
beyond the range of possibility as it is to myriads t...
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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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INTERRUPTION BY FESTUS. APPEAL TO AGRIPPA. CONSULTATION AND DECISION...
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ΜΕΓΆΛΗΙ ΤΗ͂Ι ΦΩΝΗ͂Ι ΦΗΣΊΝ, _says with a loud
voice_. Probably what had last fallen from St Paul seemed to Festus
little better than lunatic ravings. The Gospel of the Cross did appear
as ‘foolishness’...
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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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DISCOURSE: 1813
PAUL’S VINDICATION OF HIS OWN MINISTRY
Acts 26:24. _And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud
voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee
mad. B...
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PAUL, THOU ART BESIDE THYSELF;— _Thou art distracted, much study
drives thee to madness._ Perhaps Festus might know that St. Paul, in
his present confinement, spent a great deal of time in reading; an...
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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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24. At this point in his speech, Paul was interrupted by Festus. It
was a very strange speech in the ears of that dissolute heathen. It
presented to him a man who from his youth had lived in strict de...
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And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul,
thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
AND AS HE THUS SPAKE FOR HIMSELF - `was thus making his defense...
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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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The exclamation of Festus shows impatience and perhaps anger at the
idea that an uneducated peasant like Jesus (one, moreover, who had
been crucified) could have anything to teach a Roman like himself...
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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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FESTUS SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE. — The description may be noted as one
of the touches of vividness indicating that the writer relates what he
had actually heard. The Roman governor forgot the usual dign...
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ἀπολ.: the present participle, indicating that Festus broke in
upon the speech, _cf._ Acts 4:1. μεγ. τῇ φ.: raising his voice,
because interrupting in surprise and astonishment, and no doubt with
some...
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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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(8) And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
(8) The wisdom of God is madness to fools, yet nonetheless we mus...
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It is not surprising that Festus should have taken St. Paul for a
madman. The resurrection of the dead, remission of sins, receiving
baptism, and faith, announcing light to the nations, &c. were subje...
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And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul,
thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. (25) But he
said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but I speak forth t...
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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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24._Festus said with a loud voice. _This outcry which Festus doth make
doth show how much the truth of God prevaileth with the reprobate; to
wit, though it be never so plain and evident, yet is it t...
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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 AS HE THUS SPAKE FOR HIMSELF,.... Asserting the integrity and
innocence of his past life and conversation, in proof of which he
appealed to the Jews themselves; setting forth the prejudices to the...
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And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul,
thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Ver. 24. _Much learning hath made thee mad_] _Core diminuit harem, _...
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_And as he thus spake for himself_ And was making his defence;
_Festus_ Astonished, it seems, to hear him represent this despised
gospel of Jesus of Nazareth as a matter of such high and universal
con...
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When a man treats the truths of the Bible as realities, and speaks and
acts as if he expected to see their fulfilment, those who regard these
truths as fables often think and speak of him as deranged....
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Paul's foremost wish:...
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AND AS HE THUS SPAKE FOR HIMSELF, FESTUS SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE, PAUL,
THOU ART BESIDE THY SELF; MUCH LEARNING DOTH MAKE THEE MAD....
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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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NOW AS HE THUS MADE HIS DEFENSE, FESTUS SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE, "
PAUL, YOU ARE BESIDE YOURSELF! MUCH LEARNING IS DRIVING YOU MAD! "
1. Festus tells Paul that he is mad, crazy, beside himself, and
un...
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"And as he thus made his defense, Festus saith with. loud voice, Paul,
thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad"As he thus made
his defense" "The present participle here indicates that Fest...
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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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THOU ART BESIDE THYSELF; this was the opinion of Festus concerning
Paul, and such is the opinion of carnal and worldly men concerning
such as are truly godly; as the prophet who came to Jehu was count...
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24. At this point in his speech, Paul was interrupted by Festus. It
was a very strange speech in the ears of that dissolute heathen. It
presented to him a man who from his youth had lived in strict de...
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Acts 26:24 Now G1161 he G846 thus G5023 defense G626 (G5740) Festus
G5347 said G5346 (G5713) loud...
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‘And as he thus made his defence, Festus says with a loud voice,
“Paul, you are mad. Your great learning is turning you mad.” '
This reaction of Festus was probably a reaction to the suggestion that
J...
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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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_The Procurator Festus interrupts Paul The Apostle's Reply to Festus,
and Appeal to AgrippaThe Dialogue between Agrippa and Paul The King
and Governor decide that, had not the Prisoner appealed to Cæs...
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AS HE THUS MADE HIS DEFENCE
(ταυτα αυτου απολογουμενου). Genitive absolute
again with present middle participle. Paul was still speaking when
Festus interrupted him in great excitement.WITH A LOUD...
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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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YOU ARE MAD, PAUL! Notice it is Festus, a Gentile, who breaks in on
Paul and shouts that only a deranged brain could imagine such things,
Compare this outburst with the reaction of the Athenians (Acts...
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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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_And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art beside thyself._
THE EFFECTS OF PAUL’S DEFENCE ON FESTUS
I. The charge of Festus. He did not denounce Paul as a hypoc...
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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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1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1
Corinthians 4:10;...
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Much learning doth make thee mad [τ α π ο λ λ α σ ε γ ρ α
μ μ α τ α ε ι ς μ α ν ι α ν π ε ρ ι τ ρ ε π ε
ι]. The A. V. omits the article with much learning : "the much
knowledge" with which thou art bu...
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Festus said, Paul, thou art beside thyself — To talk of men's rising
from the dead! And of a Jew's enlightening not only his own nation,
but tho polite and learned Greeks and Romans! Nay, Festus, it i...
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Hitherto Festus had heard the apostle with great patience, but now he
interrupts him, and tells him, he talks like. man that was crazed.
Carnal minds pass very uncharitable censures upon spiritual per...