Acts 26:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Acts 26:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To be expert - To be skilled or well acquainted. In all customs - Rites, institutions, laws, etc. Everything pertaining to the Mosaic ritual, etc. And questions - Subjects of debate, and...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

because, &c . Literal. thou being an expert. Greek. gnostes. Only here. Compare gnostos ( Acts 1:19 ). customs . Greek. eth . s . See Acts 6:14 . questions . Greek. zetema. See Acts...
Acts 26:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Acts 26:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Because I know thee to be expert— Agrippa must have had great advantages for an accurateacquaintance with the Jewish customs, from his education under his father Herod Agrippa, and from his long re...
Acts 26:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Especially because I know thee to be expert in a...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expert in all customs and questions. — The former word is used in its half-technical sense, as including all the precepts of the Law of Moses. (See Notes on Acts 6:14 ; Acts 21:21 .)
Acts 26:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Paul Permitted to Speak for Himself Acts 26:1-11 Though Paul's defense before Agrippa is in substance the same as that from the castle stairs at Jerusalem, it differs in the extended descriptio...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Especially, because I know thee to be expert in all customs ,.... Rites and ceremonies of the Jews, whether enjoined by the law of Moses, or by the elders, fathers, and wise men: and questions whi...
Acts 26:3 - John Trapp Complete 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. Ver. 3. To be expert in all customs and questio...
Acts 26:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Agrippa said unto Paul Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise not superior to Festus, as only having the power of...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Fifth Defence. 1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, a...
Acts 26:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is not flattery, but a plain confession of what was true; for Agrippa, by reason of his birth and breeding, could not be wholly ignorant of those things in question; 1. About the Messiah; 2....
Acts 26:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - 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...
Acts 26:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Hearing before Agrippa. Paul's introduction to his speech:
Acts 26:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:2 ; Acts 24:4 ; Acts 21:21 ; Acts 24:10 ; Acts 25:19 ; Acts 25:20 ; Acts 25:26 ; Acts 26:26 ; Acts 28:17 ; Acts 6:14 ; Deuteronomy 17:18
Acts 26:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who art accurately acquainted — Which Festus was not; with the customs — In practical matters; and questions — In speculative. This word Festus had used in the absence of Paul, Acts 25:19 , who, b...

Acts 26:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 26:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 26:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 26:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 26:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 26:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 26:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 26:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 26:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 26:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 26:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 26:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 26:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 26:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 26:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 26:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 26:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 26:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 26:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes