Acts 26:24

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thy self; much learning doth make thee mad.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Festus said with a loud voice - Amazed at the zeal of Paul. Paul doubtless evinced deep interest in the subject, and great earnestness in the del...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. (8) The wisdom...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Challenges and Rejoinders. That Paul was out of his senses was said of him at Corinth ( 2 Corinthians 5:13 ); there is nothing in what he is report...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 24. Festus said with a loud voice. This outcry which Festus doth make doth show how much the truth of God prevaileth with the reprobate; t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1813 PAUL’S VINDICATION OF HIS OWN MINISTRY Acts 26:24-25 . And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. Paul, thou art besi...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Paul, thou art beside thyself;— Thou art distracted, much study drives thee to madness. Perhaps Festus might know that St. Paul, in his present c...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The exclamation of Festus shows impatience and perhaps anger at the idea that an uneducated peasant like Jesus (one, moreover, who had been crucified...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Festus said with a loud voice. — The description may be noted as one of the touches of vividness indicating that the writer relates what he had act...
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 const...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. (25) But he said, I...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as he thus spake for himself ,.... Asserting the integrity and innocence of his past life and conversation, in proof of which he appealed to the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. Ver. 24. Much l...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as he thus spake for himself And was making his defence; Festus Astonished, it seems, to hear him represent this despised gospel of Jesus of...
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, es...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Fifth Defence. 24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a lou...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou art beside thyself; this was the opinion of Festus concerning Paul, and such is the opinion of carnal and worldly men concerning such as are t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And as he thus made his defence, Festus says with a loud voice, “Paul, you are mad. Your great learning is turning you mad.” ' This reaction of Fes...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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 aud...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself. The effects of Paul’s defence on Festus I. The...
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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Festus said, Paul, thou art beside thyself — To talk of men's rising from the dead! And of a Jew's enlightening not only his own nation, but tho po...

²⁴ And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

Related Commentaries of Acts 26:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 26:24