“ Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. ”
Then Agrippa said unto Paul - He could not deny that he believed the prophecies in the Old Testament. He could not deny that the argument was a strong one that they had been fulfilled in Jesus of...
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...
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...
− 28. And Agrippa said unto Paul. The apostle prevailed thus far at least, that he wrung out of king Agrippa a confession, though it were not voluntary, as those use to yield who can no long...
DISCOURSE: 1814 THE ALMOST, AND THE REAL, CHRISTIAN COMPARED Acts 26:28-29 . Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that not onl...
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian - Εν ολιγῳ με πειθεις ΧριϚιανον γενεσθαι. This declaration was almost the necess...
Almost thou persuadest me, &c.— There can be no doubt that these words were delivered in the most serious manner by Agrippa. It plainly appears by St. Paul's answer, and from the sense in which...
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian, [en ( G1722 ) oligoo ( G3641 ) me...
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...
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. — At the cost of giving up a familiar and impressive text, it must be admitted that the Greek words cannot possibly bear the meaning which is thus put u...
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...
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. (29) And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether...
ALMOST PERSUADED ‘Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.’ Acts 26:28 Who and what was the man who used these remarkable words? He was no infidel, no scoffer at religion, no despiser of...
Then Agrippa said unto Paul ,.... Either seriously or ironically; rather the former, arising from the convictions of his mind, which he could not stifle nor conceal: almost thou persuadest me to b...
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Ver. 28. Almost thou persuadest me ] Here he was nigh God's kingdom, who yet (for aught we find) never came there. Almost...
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...
OLBGrk; Some think that these words were spoken ironically, or scoffingly; as if Agrippa had said: Thou wouldst have me in so short a space (for so en oligw may be translated) to be brought to profe...
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...
Almost R.V. "With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian" The answer might be paraphrased: "It will require more than this," etc, or, "A little more and you will make,"...
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:
2 Corinthians 4:2 ; Acts 24:25 ; Acts 26:29 ; Ezekiel 33:31 ; James 1:23 ; James 1:24 ; Mark 10:17-22 ; Mark 6:20 ; Matthew 10:18
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian! — See here, Festus altogether a heathen, Paul alogether a Christian, Agrippa halting between both. Poor Agrippa! But almost...