spake for himself. Same as "answer for himself", verses: Acts 26:1; Acts 26:2.
Festus, &c. To Festus the resurrection of dead persons was as much beyond the range of possibility as it is to myriads to-day. "Modern views" have relegated the resurrection, as the hope of the believer, to the the background.
beside thyself. mad. Greek. mainomai. See Acts 12:15.
learning. Literally letters (Greek. gramma). As we say "a man of letters". Compare John 7:15.
make. turn or pervert. Greek. peritrepo. Only here.. medical word.
mad. to (Greek. eis) madness. Greek. mania. Only here.