“ Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: ”
Whereupon - Whence ὅθεν hothen. Since the proof of his being the Messiah, of his resurrection, and of his calling me to this work, was so clear and plain, I deemed it my duty to engage with...
(6) Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: (6) Paul alleges God to be author of the office of his apostleship, and that God's grace is a witness.
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...
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 Fi...
− 19. He declareth now briefly to what end he rehearsed the history of his conversion; to wit, that Agrippa and the rest might understand that he had God for his author of all those things whic...
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision - This, O Agrippa, was the cause of my conversion from my prejudices and mal-...
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. This musical and elevated strain-which carries...
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...
I was not disobedient. — Literally, I did not become disobedient. The language of the Apostle is significant in its bearing on the relations of God’s grace and man’s freedom. Even here, with the...
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...
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...
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...
THE HEAVENLY VISION ‘Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.’ Acts 26:19 St. Paul was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, and so it grew and expanded b...
Whereupon, O King Agrippa ,.... Having been favoured with this illustrious appearance of the Lord and with this declaration and commission from him: I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision...
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: Ver. 19. I was not disobedient ] As I should have been if I had taken flesh and blood into counsel, Galatians 1:16 ; S...
Whereupon Or, from that time , as οθεν may be rendered, that ever-memorable time, through the grace of God, giving me inclination and power to obey; I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision...
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...
Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O ki...
I was not incredulous, I believed God, and yielded to his call, as Isaiah 1:5 , which cannot be counted a fault in me; and yet this is all that can be charged upon me.
“Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared both to those of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gent...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 26:19 .—Begins the third part of Paul’s defence, and furnishes the reason for his Gentile mission. Whereupon .—Lit., whence , wherefore, accordingly— i.e. , having been so...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision;
Acts 26:2 ; Acts 26:26 ; Acts 26:27 ; Exodus 4:13 ; Exodus 4:14 ; Ezekiel 2:7 ; Ezekiel 2:8 ; Ezekiel 3:14 ; Galatians 1:16 ; Isaiah 50:5 ; Jeremiah 20:9 ; Jonah 1:3
From that time — Having received power to obey, I was not disobedient — I did obey, I used that power, Galatians 1:16 . So that even this grace whereby St Paul was influenced was not irresistible....