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TO BE EXPERT - To be skilled or well acquainted.
IN ALL CUSTOMS - Rites, institutions, laws, etc. Everything pertaining
to the Mosaic ritual, etc.
AND QUESTIONS - Subjects of debate, and of various o...
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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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BECAUSE, &C. Literal. thou being an expert. Greek. _gnostes._ Only
here. Compare _gnostos_ (Acts 1:19).
CUSTOMS. Greek. _eth_. _s_. See Acts 6:14.
QUESTIONS. Greek. zetema. See Acts 15:2.
among
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_especially because I know thee to be expert] Rev. Ver_. quite
correctly "especially because thou art expert." The margin which _R.
V._gives "because thou art especially expert" might be accepted, but...
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σου after ΔΈΟΜΑΙ omitted with אABE. Not represented in
_Vulg_.
3. ΜΆΛΙΣΤΑ ΓΝΏΣΤΗΝ ὌΝΤΑ ΣΕ, _especially because
thou art expert_. Some have joined μάλιστα with γνέστην,
‘because thou art especially ex...
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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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BECAUSE I KNOW THEE TO BE EXPERT— Agrippa must have had great
advantages for an accurateacquaintance with the Jewish customs, from
his education under his father Herod Agrippa, and from his long
resid...
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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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See notes on verse 1...
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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.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNOW THEE TO BE EXPERT IN ALL CU...
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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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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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EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS AND QUESTIONS. — The former word is used in
its half-technical sense, as including all the precepts of the Law of
Moses. (See Notes on Acts 6:14; Acts 21:21.)...
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μάλιστα : (1) “especially because thou art expert,” R.V.
(so Blass, Felten, Weiss), or (2) “because thou art specially
expert,” margin, R.V. (so Wendt, Rendall, Bethge, Zöckler). See
critical notes, a...
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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 Tells Agrippa About his Early Life
Though Festus had the full authority of Rome behind him, it was
Agrippa who told Paul he was permitted to speak. Paul stretched out
his hand and began by sayin...
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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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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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ESPECIALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW THEE TO BE EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS,.... Rites
and ceremonies of the Jews, whether enjoined by the law of Moses, or
by the elders, fathers, and wise men:
AND QUESTIONS WHICH A...
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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.
Ver. 3. _To be expert in all customs and questions_...
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_Then Agrippa said unto Paul_ Agrippa was the most honourable person
in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though
otherwise not superior to Festus, as only having the power of o...
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EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS AND QUESTIONS-AMONG THE JEWS; Agrippa was of
Idumaean descent. But from the days of John Hyrcanus, the Idumaeans
south of Palestine, to whom his family belonged, had adopted the...
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THE HEARING BEFORE AGRIPPA.
Paul's introduction to his speech:...
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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.
Although Festus was the procurator of the province, ye...
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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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ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS AND QUESTIONS WHICH
HAVE TO DO WITH THE JEWS. THEREFORE I BEG YOU TO HEAR ME PATIENTLY.
1. Knowing the background of Agrippa, his father and grandfath...
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"especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which
are among the Jews: wherefore. beseech thee to hear me patiently"Thou
art expert" '"As thou art well versed"(Rhm). "Thoroughly ac...
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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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This is not flattery, but a plain confession of what was true; for
Agrippa, by reason of his birth and breeding, could not be wholly
ignorant of those things in question;
1. About the Messiah;
2. Ab...
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Acts 26:3 especially G3122 you G4571 are G5607 (G5752) expert G1109
G5037 all G3956 customs G1485 and...
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Acts 26:3. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNOW THEE TO BE EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS
AND QUESTIONS WHICH ARE AMONG THE JEWS. Agrippa II., singularly
enough, was especially fitted to act as judge in such a cause as t...
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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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ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THOU ART EXPERT
(μαλιστα γνωστην οντα σε). Or like the margin,
"because thou art especially expert," according as μαλιστα is
construed. Γνωστην is from γινωσκω and means a knower,...
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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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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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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 CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE. Agrippa was a Jew, one who had been
brought up in the Jewish religion. He claimed to live by the Jewish
Law and traditions, and he was the legal guardian of the temple.
Th...
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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 26:1. AGRIPPA SAID UNTO PAUL.—On this occasion Agrippa, not
Festus, presided over the tribunal. The “stretching forth” of the
hand was the gesture of an orator preparing himsel...
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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 13:2; Acts 24:4; Acts 21:21; Acts 24:10; Acts 25:19;...
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Expert [γ ν ω σ τ η ν]. Lit., a knower.
Questions [ζ η τ η μ α τ ω ν]. See on ch. Acts 14:2....
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Who art accurately acquainted — Which Festus was not; with the
customs — In practical matters; and questions — In speculative.
This word Festus had used in the absence of Paul, Acts 25:19, who, by
the...