Acts 26:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ”

Acts 26:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I verily thought - I indeed μὲν men supposed. Paul here commences the account of his conversion, and states the evidence on which he judged that he was called of God to do what he had done....
Acts 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

verily . therefore indeed. to . unto. Greek. pros. App-104. the name . See Acts 2:38 . Jesus . App-98. of Nazareth . the Nazarene. See Acts 2:22 . This is the seventh and last occ of the...
Acts 26:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 9. And I truly. If Paul had not spoken more things than those which Luke hath hitherto recited, his speech had not hanged well together. − (614) Whence we prove that which was said before...
Acts 26:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 26:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus...
Acts 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I verily thought with myself... — The words have a tone of considerate sympathy and hope. He himself had been led from unbelief to faith; he will not despair of a like transition for others, even f...
Acts 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I verily thought with myself ,.... This seems to be a correction of himself, why he should wonder at their ignorance and unbelief, particularly with respect to Jesus being the Messiah, and his resur...
Acts 26:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Ver. 9. Contrary to the name, &c. ] Tertullian testifieth, that in the primitive Christ...
Acts 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The name of Jesus; the religion which teacheth Christ is to be worshipped, and his name to be magnified. Jesus of Nazareth; so they called our Saviour, of which see Acts 22:8 .
Acts 26:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“I truly thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, and this I also did in Jerusalem. And I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having recei...
Acts 26:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 26:9 . Commences the second part of Paul’s apology. Paul would not despair of converting his countrymen from doubt to belief, since he himself had undergone a similar mental...
Acts 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - 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 26:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 26:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:13 ; Acts 21:13 ; Acts 22:8 ; Acts 24:5 ; Acts 3:6 ; Acts 9:16 ; Galatians 1:13 ; Galatians 1:14 ; John 16:2 ; John 16:3 ; Philippians 3:6 ; Romans 10:2
Acts 26:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I thought — When I was a Pharisee: that I ought to do many things — Which he now enumerates.

Acts 26:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 26:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 26:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 26:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 26:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 26:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 26:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 26:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 26:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 26:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 26:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 26:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 26:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 26:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 26:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 26:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 26:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 26:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes