“ King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. ”
King Agrippa - This bold personal address is an instance of Paul’s happy manner of appeal. He does it to bring in the testimony of Agrippa to meet the charge of Festus that he was deranged. Be...
(9) King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. (9) Paul, as it were forgetting that he stood a prisoner to defend his cause, does not forget the office of his apostleship...
Challenges and Rejoinders. That Paul was out of his senses was said of him at Corinth ( 2 Corinthians 5:13 ); there is nothing in what he is reported to have said on this occasion that would sugges...
believest . Greek. pisteuo. App-150..
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. Believest thou the prophets? - Having made his elegant compliment and vindication to Festus, he turns to Agrippa; and, with this...
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. King Agrippa, believest thou the Prophets? I know that thou believest. The courage and confidence here shown proceeded from a...
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...
Believest thou the prophets? — The appeal to Agrippa’s knowledge was followed by the assumption of his accepting the ground on which St. Paul invited discussion. He might, of course, dispute St. Pa...
Convincing His Inquisitors Acts 26:22-32 Paul was in his element. He was delivering to kings and governors the testimony which it was the constant object of his life to give, when suddenly he w...
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...
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. (25) But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but I speak forth...
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ?.... What they have said concerning the person, office, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ, and that what they have said is fulfilled in Jesus o...
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. Ver. 27. I know thou believest ] sc. The truth of what the prophets spoke concerning Christ, and that are accordingly fulf...
But he said Calmly, and with a perfect command of himself, not in the least provoked by such an invidious imputation; I am not mad, most noble Festus A title properly belonging to a Roman propret...
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. 24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learn...
A rhetorical insinuation, that could not but much affect the king, and leave a sensible impression on his heart. St. Paul answers the question which he had propounded, and that in favour of Agrippa;...
Paul Is Declared To Have Done Nothing Worthy Of Death and Thus To Have Conformed to the Law, but King Herod Agrippa II Closes His Heart Against His Words (26:24-32).
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 26:24 . As he thus spake for himself .—Lit., he speaking these things in his defence —ταῦτα, these things, being the words just uttered about the resurrection, rather than...
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...
Paul's foremost wish:
Acts 26:22 ; Acts 26:23
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? — He that believes these, believes Paul, yea, and Christ. The apostle now comes close to his heart. What did Agrippa feel when he heard this? I know that...