Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Acts 26:15
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
ACTS 26:15 VIhsou/j After VIhsou/j the Western text (181 614 itgig vgmss syrp,hmg with *) adds o` Nazwrai/oj (from Acts 22:8)....
See this passage explained in the notes on Acts 9:5, etc....
CHAPTER 26 __ 1. The Address of the Apostle Paul (Acts 26:2). 2. The Interruption by Festus and the Appeal to the King (Acts 26:24). 3. The Verdict (Acts 26:30). The opening words of the Apostle a...
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 after t...
"When, in these circumstances, I was on my way to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, as I was on the road at midday, I saw, your Majesty. a light from heaven, more brillian...
THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
LORD. Greek. _kurios._ App-98....
_Who art thou, Lord_ The readiness with which "Lord," an expression of allegiance, comes to the Apostle's lips lends probability to the notion that God's promptings had been working in his heart befor...
Ὁ ΔῈ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΕἾΠΕΣ with אABCEIL. _Vulg_. ‘Dominus autem dixit.’ 15. ΤΊΣ ΕἾ, ΚΎΡΙΕ; _who art thou, Lord?_ The readiness with which ‘Lord,’ an expression of allegiance, comes to the Apostle’s lips lends...
Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
_PAUL'S CONVERSION AND COMMISSION ACTS 26:12-18:_ Paul was on my way to Damascus with the authority from the chief priests when he saw a bright light and heard a voice from heaven. He came to realize...
ΕΊΠΑ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 26:14. έγώ... ΣΎ я... Ты! Личные местоимения эмфатические. Акцент ставится на поручении Павла (Charles W.Hedrick, "Paul's Conversion/Call: A Comparative Analysis of th...
f. Paul's defense before King Agrippa. Acts 25:13 bActs 26:32. Acts 25:13 Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus....
See notes on verse 12...
1 King Agrippa was a notable figure throughout the closing period of Jewish national life. He was the last prince of the Herodian line. Unlike the Roman governors, who were frequently replaced and mos...
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 whole...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 26 PAUL SPEAKS TO KING AGRIPPA, 26:1-11 V1 Agrippa told Paul, ‘You may now speak for yourself.’ Paul waved his hand. He said, V2 ‘King Agrippa,...
Evidently the following verses contain a summary of what in the other two accounts of the Conversion is spoken to Paul by Ananias, and revealed by the Lord in a vision, _cf._ Acts 9:15; Acts 22:14 (so...
OBEDIENT TO HIS HEAVENLY VISION Acts 26:12 Nowhere else is there such deliverance from the glare and cross-lights of earth as is afforded by a vision of the face of Jesus, brighter than the sun at no...
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,...
Paul's Account of His Conversion and Life Following On his way to Damascus in pursuit of more Christians, Paul reported that he saw a great light, which was brighter than the sun, coming out of heaven...
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...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
Paul's address to king Agrippa furnishes us with the most complete picture of the entire position of the apostle, as he himself looked at it when his long service and the light of the Holy Ghost illum...
AND I SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD? AND HE SAID,.... Or "the Lord said", as the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions read, I AM JESUS WHOM THOU PERSECUTEST; the Syriac and Ethiopic ve...
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. Ver. 15. See Acts 9:5 ....
_Whereupon, as I went to Damascus_, &c. See notes on Acts 9:3, and Acts 22:5; where the substance of this paragraph occurs, and is explained. _At mid-day, O king_ Most seasonably, in the height of the...
Paul's recital of his miraculous conversion:...
AND I SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD? AND HE SAID, I AM JESUS WHOM THOU PERSECUTEST....
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 in...
SO I SAID, " WHO ARE YOU, LORD? " AND HE SAID, " I AM JESUS, WHOM YOU ARE PERSECUTING. 1. Now Paul identifies the voice as that of Jesus. 2. Jesus is the object of his persecution. Now Paul is confr...
"And. said, who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said,. am Jesus whom thou persecutest" "Who art thou, Lord?" "Who are you that. am persecuting?" (Stott p. 372). "I am Jesus" Upon hearing this simple stat...
12-23 Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; when in the full career of his sin. He was made a minister by Divine authority: the same Jesus who a...
The foot is trod upon on earth, and the Head cries out out from heaven, as ACTS 9:5....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III But again, we allege the same against those who do not recognise Paul as an apostle: that they should either reject the other words of the Gospel which we have come...
Acts 26:15 So G1161 I G1473 said G2036 (G5627) Who G5101 You G1488 (G5748) Lord G2962 And...
“And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.' ” So he had asked for identification, for he could not conceive who this Lord was Who was speaking to him....
_Paul's Defence of Christianity before King Agrippa, his Sister, and the Procurator Festus,_ 1-23. This famous _apologia_ of St. Paul consists of four divisions. The first, Acts 26:2-3, consists of a...
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, as...
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 take...
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...
CONTENTS: Paul's defense before Agrippa. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Agrippa, Satan, Festus, Bernice, Caesar. CONCLUSION: When God's servant is given a chance to speak for himself, it is well if h...
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 cour...
IT WAS FOR THIS PURPOSE. He had gone to Damascus with the idea of trying to crush the Christian movement. This is the third time he tells about his converting to Christ. See Acts 9:1-9 and notes. Here...
_Whereupon as I went to Damascus._ THE CONVERSION OF SAUL OF TARSUS I. His character before his conversion. 1. He was a moral man (Philippians 3:6). Yet he needed conversion. The necessity of conve...
_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 one...
_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 rev...
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 took the chief...
Let's open our Bibles to the twenty-sixth chapter of Acts. Paul was rescued by Lysias, the captain of the Roman guard from the mob that was attempting to beat him to death in Jerusalem on the temple m...
Exodus 16:8; John 15:20; John 15:21; Matthew 25:40; Matthew 25:45...