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Verse Acts 26:8. _THAT GOD SHOULD RAISE THE DEAD?_] As Agrippa
believed in the true God, and knew that one of his attributes was
_omnipotence_, he could not believe that the resurrection of the dead...
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WHY SHOULD IT BE THOUGHT ... - The force of this question will be
better seen by an exclamation point after why τί ti. “What! is
it to be thought a thing incredible?” etc. It intimates surprise
that...
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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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_Why should it be thought a thing incredible … that God_, &c. More
literally (with _Rev. Ver._) "Why is it judged incredible with you if
God doth raise the dead." The last clause is not to be understo...
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ΤΊ ἌΠΙΣΤΟΝ ΚΡΊΝΕΤΑΙ ΠΑΡ' ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΕἸ Ὁ
ΘΕῸΣ ΝΕΚΡΟῪΣ ἘΓΕΊΡΕΙ; _why is it judged
incredible with you if God doth raise the dead?_ The last clause is
not to be understood hypothetically, but ‘If God doth, a...
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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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ΆΠΙΣΤΟΣ (G571) невероятный, немыелимый.
Двойной _асс._ после гл. рассмотрения
(BD, 85-87; RG, 479-84).
ΚΡΊΝΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ, _см._ Acts
26:6.
ΕΊ (G1487) если, чтобы. Вводит _conj._...
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WHY SHOULD IT BE THOUGHT A THING INCREDIBLE, &C.— Beza, with the
Greek scholiast, would place a mark of interrogation after the word
τι, and read it, _What? is it thought incredible,_ &c.? which is
in...
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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 4...
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_ Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God
should raise the dead? _
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should
raise the dead? - rather, 'Why is it ju...
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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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WHY SHOULD IT BE THOUGHT A THING INCREDIBLE...? — Some MSS. give a
punctuation which alters the structure of the sentence: _What! is it
thought a thing incredible_... _?_ The appeal is made to Agrippa...
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R.V. gives more clearly the significance of the original, “Why is it
judged incredible with you, if God (as He does) raises the dead?”
εἰ with indicative assumes that the hypothesis is true, Vulgate
“...
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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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(4) Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God
should raise the dead?
(4) He proves the resurrection of the dead, first by the power of God,
then by the resurrection of Christ, of...
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He speaks now to the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection. Can you
say it is impossible for Him, whom you all allow to be omnipotent, to
raise any of the dead to life? Is it not easier to reanimate...
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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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_ST. PAUL AND THE RESURRECTION_
‘Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God
should raise the dead?’
Acts 26:8
St. Paul’s appeal to Cæsar placed Festus in a difficulty. How could...
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8._Why should _I do not doubt but that he proved that both by reason,
and also by testimonies of Scripture, which he taught concerning the
resurrection and the heavenly life. But for good causes dot...
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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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WHY SHOULD IT BE THOUGHT A THING INCREDIBLE WITH YOU,.... You Heathens
and Sadducees; for the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead was
thought an incredible doctrine by the Heathens in general, an...
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should
raise the dead?
Ver. 8. _Why should it be thought a thing incredible?_] Philosophy
indeed is against it. _A privatione ad habitum...
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_Why should it be thought a thing incredible_ (It was thought so by
Festus, Acts 25:19, to whom Paul answers as if he had heard him
discourse;) _that God_ A Being of infinite perfections, and the
orig...
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INCREDIBLE; not to be believed; absurd, or wanting evidence....
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WHY SHOULD IT BE THOUGHT A THING INCREDIBLE WITH YOU THAT GOD SHOULD
RAISE THE DEAD?
Early in life, at the beginning of the period of his youth, Paul had
come to Jerusalem. And his manner of living, t...
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v. 4. MY MANNER OF LIFE FROM MY YOUTH, WHICH WAS AT THE FIRST AMONG
MINE OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM, KNOW ALL THE JEWS;...
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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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WHY SHOULD IT BE THOUGHT INCREDIBLE BY YOU THAT GOD RAISES THE DEAD?
1. If you believe in God, what is so difficult about resurrection? If
God can create the world; If God can create man in the Garde...
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"Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the
dead?"Judged incredible" "Why do you Jews of all people find it
impossible to believe" (Rieu). "The purpose of the demand was to
challenge...
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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 St. Paul seems to have spoken in regard of Festus, and many
others there present, who were heathens; or to any of the Sadducees,
if any such were amongst them: as for Agrippa, He believed the
pro...
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Acts 26:8 Why G5101 thought G2919 (G5743) incredible G571 by G3844 you
G5213 that G1487 God G2316 raises...
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And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of
God to our fathers, to which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly
serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this h...
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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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Acts 26:8. WHY SHOULD IT HE THOUGHT A THING INCREDIBLE WITH YOU, THAT
GOD SHOULD RAISE THE DEAD? First, on the punctuation of this verse.
Some MSS. write the words, ‘What? Is it to be thought incredib...
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INCREDIBLE WITH YOU
(απιστον παρ' υμιν). This old word απιστον (α
privative and πιστος) means either unfaithful (Luke 12:46),
unbelieving (John 20:27), or unbelievable as here). Paul turns
suddenly...
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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 26:8
The Resurrection a Fact of History.
I The fact that Christ has risen from the dead is the assumption on
which St. Paul builds up all his teaching on the subject of the
resurrection. It is t...
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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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ALL THE JEWS KNOW HOW I HAVE LIVED. His life had been lived in
agreement with the Law. They knew about his education in Jerusalem,
and that he lived as a Pharisee, the strictest of the Jewish sects
[t...
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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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_Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should
raise the dead?_
WHY IS THE RESURRECTION INCREDIBLE
I. Incredulity has many causes and justifies itself with many reasons.
It has...
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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 15:12; Acts 10:40; Acts 13:30; Acts 13:31; Acts 17:31
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That God should raise the dead [ε ι ο θ ε ο ς ν ε κ ρ ο υ
ς ε γ ε ι ρ ε ι]. Much better, as Rev., if God raises the
dead. He does not put it as a supposition, but as a fact : if God
raises the dead, a...
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Is it judged by you an incredible thing — It was by Festus, Acts
25:19, to whom Paul answers as if he had heard him discourse....
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As if the apostle had said, "The great point in controversy between me
and you is this, Whether the dead in general shall arise? and, Whether
Christ in particular be risen from the dead? Now why shoul...