UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. THOU ART PERMITTED. Literally It is permitted thee. Greek. _epitrepo_. Same word as "suffer" and "give licence" (Acts 21:39; Acts 21:40). FOR. in behalf of. Greek. _huper._ App-104. ANSWERED, &C. = was making his defence. Greek. _apologeomai._ See Acts 19:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
THINK. Greek. _hegeomai._ This word has two meanings, "to lead" (Acts 15:22) and "hold, or reckon", as here and in nineteen subsequent passages. HAPPY. Greek. _makarios._ Occurs fifty times. Always translated "blessed", except here, John 13:17; Romans 14:22; 1 Corinthians 7:40. 1Pe 3:14. 1 Peter 4:... [ Continue Reading ]
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. according to. Greek. _kata._ App-104. BESEECH. Greek. _deomai._ App-134. PATIENTLY. Greek. _makrothu... [ Continue Reading ]
MANNER OF LIFE. Greek. _biosis._ Only here. Compare App-170. YOUTH. Greek. _neotes._ Only here; Matthew 19:20; Mark 10:20; Luke 18:21; 1 Timothy 4:12. AT THE FIRST. frorn (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) the beginning (Greek. _arche)_. Compare note on John 8:44. AMONG. Greek. _en_. App-104. NATION. Greek... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH KNEW ME. Knowing me before. Greek. _proginosko._ App-132. FROM THE BEGINNING. Greek. _anothen._ See note on Luke 1:3. WOULD. be willing to. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. TESTIFY. Greek. _martureo._ See p. 1511, and note on John 1:7. AFTER. according to. Greek. _kata_. App-104. MOST STRAITEST.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGED. Greek. _krino_. App-122. FOR. upon (the ground of). Greek. _epi_. App-104. GOD. App-98. UNTO. The texts read _eis_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWELVE TRIBES. Greek. _dodekaphulon._ Only here. This single word to denote the whole twelve tribes shows that Paul regarded them as one. To him there were no "lost" tribes as fondly imagined to-day. INSTANTLY. in (Greek. _en)_ intensity. Greek. _ekteneia._ Only here. Compare the adjective _ektenes... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOULD IT BE THOUGHT. is it judged. Greek. _krino_, as in Acts 26:6. INCREDIBLE. Greek. _apistos._ Only occurs in Acts. Elsewhere translated "faithless", "unbelieving", &c. THAT. if. App-118. SHOULD RAISE. raises. Greek. _egeiro._ App-178. THE DEAD. dead persons. Greek. _nekros._ App-139. Compar... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO DID. did also. He not only thought, but acted. SAINTS. Greek. _hagios._ See Acts 9:13; Acts 9:32; Acts 9:41. Only in these four places in Acts applied to God's people. Frequently in the epistles. Compare Psalms 31:23; Psalms 31:24. SHUT UP. Greek. _katakleio._ Only here and Luke 3:20. AUTHOR... [ Continue Reading ]
I PUNISHED... AND. punishing them..., I. See Acts 22:5. IN. throughout. Greek. _kata._ App-104. SYNAGOGUE. App-120. COMPELLED. was compelling, or constraining, as in Acts 28:19. Greek. _anankazo._ EXCEEDINGLY. Greek. _perissos._ Only here, Matthew 27:23.Mark 10:26. MAD AGAINST. maddened against... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREUPON. In (Greek. _en)_ which (circumstances). WENT. was going. TO. unto. Greek. _eis_. App-104. COMMISSION. Greek. _epitrope._ Only here. Compare the verb _epitrepo_ (Acts 26:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. IN. Greek. _kata_. App-104. LIGHT. Greek. _phos_. App-130. FROM HEAVEN. Greek. _ouranothen._ See Acts 14:17. ABOVE. Greek. _huper._ App-104. BRIGHTNESS. Greek. _lamprotes._ Only here. Compare the adjective _lampros_ (Acts 10:30). SHINING ROUND ABOUT. Greek. _peril... [ Continue Reading ]
FALLEN. fallen down. Greek. _katapipto._ Only here and Acts 28:6. EARTH. Greek. _ge_. App-129. SPEAKING. Greek. _lalo._ App-121., but the texts read "saying" (_lego_). AND SAYING. The texts omit. HEBREW. See Acts 21:40. TONGUE. dialect. See Acts 1:19. SAUL, SAUL. Gr _. Saoul, Saoul._ See Acts... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. Greek. _kurios._ App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
RISE. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178.:1. STAND. Greek. _histemi._ HAVE APPEARED UNTO. was seen by. Greek. _horao._ App-133. MAKE. appoint. Greek. _procheirizomai._ See Acts 22:14. MINISTER. Greek. _huperetes._ App-190. WITNESS. See Acts 1:8; Acts 22:15. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ App-6. APPEAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVERING. Greek. _exaireo._ See Acts 7:10. PEOPLE. Greek. _laos._ See Acts 2:47. GENTILES. Greek. _ethnos._ Contrast Acts 26:4. NOW. Omit. SEND. Greek. _apostello._ App-174.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO TURN. that they may turn. TURN. Greek. _epistrepho._ Compare Acts 3:19. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. Compare Colossians 1:13. POWER. authority. Greek. _exousia,_ as in Acts 26:10. FORGIVENESS. Greek. _aphesis._ See Acts 2:38; Acts 5:31. SINS. Greek. _hamartia._ App-128. INHERITANCE. a p... [ Continue Reading ]
DISOBEDIENT. Gr _. apeithes._ Compare App-150. Occurs elsewhere Luke 1:17. Rom 1:30. 2 Timothy 1:16; 2 Timothy 1:16. Tit 8:3. "Not disobedient", which means emphatically "obedient", is the Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6. UNTO. to. HEAVENLY. Greek. _ouranios._ Only here, Matthew 6:14; Matthew 6:... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. in. Greek. _en_. App-104. THROUGHOUT. Greek. _eis_. App-104. REPENT. Greek. _metanoeo._ App-111. MEET. worthy of, or answering to. Compare Matthew 3:8. REPENTANCE. Greek. _metanoia._ App-111.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUGHT. Greek. _sullambano._ See Acts 1:16. TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron._ See Matthew 23:16. WENT ABOUT. were attempting. Greek. _peiraomai._ Only here. KILL. Greek. _diacheirizomai._ See Acts 5:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
OBTAINED. Greek. _tunchano._ See Acts 19:11; Acts 24:2. HELP. Greek. _epikouria._ Only here.. medical word. OF. frorn. Greek. _para_. App-104. But the texts read _apo_. CONTINUE. stand. Greek. _histemi._ Same as Acts 26:16. See the Structure. UNTO. until. Greek. _achri_. WITNESSING. Same word a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 mouth of Trypho the Jew, in his dialogue, Ch. xxxvi. THAT SHOULD, &C. = by (Greek. _ek)_. resurrection... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to-day. "Modern views" have relegated the resurrection, as the hope of the believer, to the the backg... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM... MAD. Greek. _mainomai,_ as in Acts 26:24. MOST NOBLE. See Acts 24:3.Luke 1:3. SPEAK FORTH. Greek. _apophthengomai._ See Acts 2:4. WORDS. Greek. _rhema._ See Mark 9:32. SOBERNESS. Greek. _sophrosune._ Here and 1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWETH. Greek. _epistamai._ App-132. OF. conoerning. Greek. _peri_. App-104. ALSO. SPEAK FREELY. I speak, using boldness also. SPEAK. Greek. _laleo,_ as in verses: Acts 26:14; Acts 26:22; Acts 26:31. FREELY. speaking out, or without reserve. Greek. _parrhesiazomai._ Occurs seven times in Acts. S... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVEST. Greek. _pisteuo._ App-150..... [ Continue Reading ]
ALMOST. Greek. _En oligo._ In. little, i.e., briefly, or in short. Compare Ephesians 3:3. Paul, carried away by his subject, ceases to be the advocate for the prisoner and has become the advocate for God. Agrippa perceives it, and intervenes with "To put it briefly, thou art persuading me to become.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOULD. could wish. Greek. _euchomai._ App-134. ALSO ALL. all also. ALMOST, AND ALTOGETHER. Literally in (Greek. _en)_ little and in (Greek. _en)_ great. Figure of speech _Synceceiosis._ App-6. He takes up Agrippa's words with. higher meaning. EXCEPT. Greek. _parektos._ Only here, Mat 5:32. 2 Cori... [ Continue Reading ]
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 his report to the Emperor. Agrippa was the chairman (verses: Acts 26:1; Acts 26:24; Acts 26:26) and... [ Continue Reading ]
GONE ASIDE. Greek. _anachoreo._ See Acts 23:19. TALKED. Greek. _laleo_. App-121. BETWEEN THEMSELVES. to (Greek. _pros._ App-104.) one another, MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis,_ as Acts 22:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHT HAVE BEEN. could have been, or was able to be. SET AT LIBERTY. Greek. _apoluo._ App-174. IF. Greek. _ei_, as in Acts 26:8. APPEALED. Greek. _epikaleomai._ See Acts 25:11.... [ Continue Reading ]