Acts 26:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, ”

• Acts 26:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See this passage explained in the notes on Acts 9:5 , etc.

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• Acts 26:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 afte...

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• Acts 26:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 ).

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• Acts 26:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, Whereupon as I went to Damascus - See the whole account of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus explained at large, i...

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• Acts 26:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whereupon— That is, In this view as I was going to Damascus, &c.

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• Acts 26:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, Whereupon, [en ( G1722 ) hois ( G3739 )] - that is, In prosecution of which objects.

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• Acts 26:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 who...

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• Acts 26:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  With authority and commission. — The former word implies the general power delegated to him, the latter the specific work assigned to him, and for the execution of which he was responsible.

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• Acts 26:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Obedient to His Heavenly Vision Acts 26:12-21 Nowhere else is there such deliverance from the glare and cross-lights of earth as is afforded by a vision of the face of Jesus, brighter than the...

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• Acts 26:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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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• Acts 26:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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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• Acts 26:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whereupon as I went to Damascus ,.... Being intent, upon the above said things, to punish the saints, compel them to blaspheme, imprison them, and even put them to death on account of these things;...

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• Acts 26:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, Ver. 12. See Trapp on " Act 9:2 "

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• Acts 26:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whereupon, as I went to Damascus , &c. See notes on Acts 9:3-9 , and Acts 22:5-11 ; where the substance of this paragraph occurs, and is explained. At mid-day, O king Most seasonably, in the...

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• Acts 26:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 i...

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• Acts 26:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul's Fifth Defence.       12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,   13 At midday, O ki...

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• Acts 26:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  With procuratory letters recommending him to the Jews abroad, and deputing him as their agent.

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• Acts 26:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round a...

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• Acts 26:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 26:9 . Commences the second part of Paul’s apology. Paul would not despair of converting his countrymen from doubt to belief, since he himself had undergone a similar mental...

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• Acts 26:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 26:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 26:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 c...

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• Acts 26:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Acts 26:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 to...

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• Acts 26:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Whereupon, as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

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• Acts 26:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 21:8-10 ; Acts 22:5 ; Acts 9:1 ; Acts 9:2 ; Acts 26:10 ; Isaiah 10:1 ; Jeremiah 26:8 ; Jeremiah 29:26 ; Jeremiah 29:27 ; John 11:57 ; John 7:45-48 ; Psalms 94:20 ; Psalms 94:21

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• Acts 26:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Acts 9:2 .

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