Acts 26:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. ”

Acts 26:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said Agrippa unto Festus ... - This is a full declaration of the conviction of Agrippa, before whom the cause had been heard, that Paul was innocent. It is an instance, also, where boldness...
Acts 26:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Result of the Hearing. Acts 26:30 scarcely suggests the deliberations of a court after the hearing.
Acts 26:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

might have been . could have been, or was able to be. set at liberty . Greek. apoluo. App-174. if . Greek. ei , as in Acts 26:8 . appealed . Greek. epikaleomai. See Acts 25:11 .
Acts 26:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. Then said Agrippa, etc. - The king himself, who had participated in the strongest emotions...
Acts 26:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This man might have been set at liberty, if, &c.— Though this declaration of Agrippa would not secure St. Paul's deliverance, yet it might do him some service, that a testimony to his innocence...
Acts 26:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had n...
Acts 26:32 - 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 26:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This man might have been set at liberty... — The decision to which Agrippa came showed the wisdom of the line which St. Paul had taken. The matter could not be hushed up nor got rid of. The authori...
Acts 26:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Acts 26:32 - 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 26:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: (31) And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth n...
Acts 26:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said Agrippa unto Festus ,.... As declaring his sense, and by way of advice and counsel; but not as determining anything himself, for that lay in the breast of Festus, the Roman governor and ju...
Acts 26:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. Ver. 32. If he had not appealed ] Which if he had not, this freeman of Rome had been "f...
Acts 26:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when he had thus spoken That the impression Paul began to make upon the court might reach no further; the king rose up Thus neglecting to yield to conviction, and losing, perhaps for ever, an...
Acts 26:32 - 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 26:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Acts 26:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These judges and great men do, by their opinion concerning Paul, condemn the Jews, whom they declare to have no cause for the prosecuting of him; and so those caitiffs returned to Jerusalem, not only...
Acts 26:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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).
Acts 26:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 26:32 - 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 26:32 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 26:1 . Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: I do not suppose Agrippa imagined that Paul would t...
Acts 26:32 - 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 26:32 - 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 26:32 - 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 26:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The end of the hearing:
Acts 26:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 25:11 ; Acts 25:12 ; Acts 25:25 ; Acts 28:18

Acts 26:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 26:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 26:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 26:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 26:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 26:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 26:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 26:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 26:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 26:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 26:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 26:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 26:32 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 26:32 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 26:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 26:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 26:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 26:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge