Acts 26:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? ”

Acts 26:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Why should it be thought ... - The force of this question will be better seen by an exclamation point after why τί ti. “What! is it to be thought a thing incredible?” etc. It intimates surpr...
Acts 26:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? (4) He proves the resurrection of the dead, first by the power of God, then by the resurrection of Christ, o...
Acts 26:8 - 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 26:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

should it be thought . is it judged. Greek. krino , as in Acts 26:6 . incredible . Greek. apistos. Only occurs in Acts. Elsewhere translated "faithless", "unbelieving", &c. that . if. Ap...
Acts 26:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 8. Why should I do not doubt but that he proved that both by reason, and also by testimonies of Scripture, which he taught concerning the resurrection and the heavenly life. But for good c...
Acts 26:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? That God should raise the dead? - As Agrippa believed in the true God, and knew that one of his attributes was om...
Acts 26:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Why should it be thought a thing incredible, &c.— Beza, with the Greek scholiast, would place a mark of interrogation after the word τι, and read it, What? is it thought incredible, &c.?...
Acts 26:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? - rather, 'Why is i...
Acts 26:8 - 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 26:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Why should it be thought a thing incredible...? — Some MSS. give a punctuation which alters the structure of the sentence: What! is it thought a thing incredible ... ? The appeal is made to Agri...
Acts 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

ST. PAUL AND THE RESURRECTION ‘Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?’ Acts 26:8 St. Paul’s appeal to Cæsar placed Festus in a difficulty. How co...
Acts 26:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you ,.... You Heathens and Sadducees; for the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead was thought an incredible doctrine by the Heathens in general,...
Acts 26:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Ver. 8. Why should it be thought a thing incredible? ] Philosophy indeed is against it. A privatione ad habi...
Acts 26:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Why should it be thought a thing incredible (It was thought so by Festus, Acts 25:19 , to whom Paul answers as if he had heard him discourse;) that God A Being of infinite perfections, and the o...
Acts 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This St. Paul seems to have spoken in regard of Festus, and many others there present, who were heathens; or to any of the Sadducees, if any such were amongst them: as for Agrippa, He believed the pr...
Acts 26:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God to our fathers, to which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this...
Acts 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - 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 26:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 4. My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
Acts 26:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:12-20 ; Acts 10:40-42 ; Acts 13:30 ; Acts 13:31 ; Acts 17:31 ; Acts 17:32 ; Acts 25:19 ; Acts 4:2 ; Genesis 18:14 ; John 5:28 ; John 5:29 ; Luke 1:37 ; Luke 18:27 ; Mat...
Acts 26:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is it judged by you an incredible thing — It was by Festus, Acts 25:19 , to whom Paul answers as if he had heard him discourse.

Acts 26:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 26:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 26:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 26:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 26:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 26:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 26:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Acts 26:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 26:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 26:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 26:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 26:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 26:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 26:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 26:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 26:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 26:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 26:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 26:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes