And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers - that is, for believing that the promise of Messiah, the Hope of Israel ( ; ), had been fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth risen from the dead, and glorified at the right hand of power.
Verse Acts 26:6. _FOR THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE_] This does not appear to mean, _the hope of the Messiah_, as some have imagined, but _the hope_ _of the resurrection of the dead_, to which the apostle...
AND NOW I STAND - I stand before the tribunal. I am arraigned. AND AM JUDGED - Am tried with reference to being judged. I am undergoing a trial on the point in which all my nation are agreed. FOR TH...
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...
Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak on your own behalf." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defence. "With regard to the charges made against me by the Jews, King Agrippa,...
THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
JUDGED. Greek. _krino_. App-122. FOR. upon (the ground of). Greek. _epi_. App-104. GOD. App-98. UNTO. The texts read _eis_. App-104....
_And now I stand and am judged] Rev. Ver_. "And now I stand _here_to be judged." The idea is "I am on my trial." _for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers_ i.e. because I entertain the...
Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
ΕἸΣ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΑΤΈΡΑΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘ad patres nostros.’ 6. ΚΑῚ ΝΥ͂Ν … ἝΣΤΗΚΑ ΚΡΙΝΌΗΕΝΟΣ, _and now I stand here to be judged_, i.e. I am on my trial. ἘΠ' ἘΛΠΊΔΙ ΤΗ͂Σ ΕἸΣ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΑΤΈΡΑΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ἘΠΑ...
_PAUL HUMBLY ADDRESSED AGRIPPA ACTS 26:1-11:_ Agrippa gave Paul permission to speak for himself. As Paul began his defense he stretched forth his hand. This action was designed to gain their attention...
ΈΛΠΊΣ (G1680) надежда, ΈΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΈΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑ (G1860) обещание. Описательный _gen._, объясняющий надежду. ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (adj.)_, _см._ Acts 26:4. О связи между эсха...
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 4...
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...
THE PROMISE] viz. of the Messiah, made to Abraham, Genesis 22:18 also of the Resurrection, for it was believed by the Pharisees and orthodox Jews that all Jews would be raised to life to share in the...
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,...
FOR THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE MADE OF GOD. The words include the whole expectation of a divine kingdom of which the Christ was to be the head, as well as the specific belief in a resurrection of the dea...
καὶ νῦν : the expression does not indicate any contrast with Acts 26:4 : this hope for which he stands to be judged is in full accord with his whole past life. ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι : phrase only found elsewhere...
PAUL PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF Acts 26:1 Though Paul's defense before Agrippa is in substance the same as that from the castle stairs at Jerusalem, it differs in the extended description of the...
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 Tells Agrippa About his Early Life Though Festus had the full authority of Rome behind him, it was Agrippa who told Paul he was permitted to speak. Paul stretched out his hand and began by sayin...
(3) And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: (3) There are three chief and principal witnesses of true doctrine: God, the true fathers, and the consent...
_For the hope of the promise. That is, of the promised Messias, and of salvation by him. (Witham)_...
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...
− 6._For the hope of the promise. _He doth now descend into the cause, to wit, that he laboreth for the principal point of faith. And though he seem to have spoken generally of the resurrection, yet w...
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 NOW I STAND, AND AM JUDGED,.... Before the Roman governor, and in the presence of Agrippa: FOR THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE MADE OF GOD UNTO OUR FATHERS; either for the hope of righteousness, life, an...
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Ver. 6. _For the hope of the promise_] The goodness of his cause made much for his comfort. It is one thing to...
_My manner of life from my youth, which was at first_ Την απ ' αρχης, _which from the beginning_, that is, from the beginning of my youth; was _among mine own nation at Jerusalem_ He was not born amon...
THE PROMISE; of the Messiah....
v. 4. MY MANNER OF LIFE FROM MY YOUTH, WHICH WAS AT THE FIRST AMONG MINE OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM, KNOW ALL THE JEWS;...
AND NOW I STAND AND AM JUDGED FOR THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE MADE OF GOD UNTO OUR FATHERS,...
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...
AND NOW I STAND AND AM JUDGED FOR THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE MADE BY GOD TO OUR FATHERS. 1. The real issue is resurrection. That is the thorn in the side of some Jews. 2. Paul reminds us that this is n...
"And now. stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers"For the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers" This was the same point that Jesus made, that His t...
1-11 Christianity teaches us to give a reason of the hope that is in us, and also to give honour to whom honour is due, without flattery or fear of man. Agrippa was well versed in the Scriptures of t...
I STAND; the posture of such as are held for guilty. THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE; St. Paul brings in the discourse of the resurrection, which, as hath been observed, is the foundation of all religion, 1 C...
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book V Nor is it greatly to be wondered at if these things are done towards men, since for the same cause the people who were placed in hope,[72]...
Acts 26:6 And G2532 now G3568 stand G2476 (G5758) judged G2919 (G5746) for G1909 hope G1680 promise...
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 h...
Acts 26:6. AND NOW I STAND AND AM JUDGED FOR THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE MADE OF GOD UNTO OUR FATHERS. In other words, Paul said: ‘I, who am well known as one trained in the severe and rigid Pharisee scho...
_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...
AND NOW (κα νυν). Sharp comparison between his youth and the present.TO BE JUDGED FOR THE HOPE (επ' ελπιδι--κρινομενος). The hope of the resurrection and of the promised Messiah (Acts 13:32). Page...
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...
ALL THE JEWS KNOW HOW I HAVE LIVED. His life had been lived in agreement with the Law. They knew about his education in Jerusalem, and that he lived as a Pharisee, the strictest of the Jewish sects [t...
_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 26:1. 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 himsel...
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...
1 Peter 1:11; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 7:13; Acts 13:32;...
For the hope [ε π ε λ π ι δ ι]. Lit., "on the ground of the hope." Made of God. The article clearly defines what promise, "the one, namely, made of God....
And now — Acts 26:6 are in a kind of parenthesis, and show that what the Pharisees rightly taught concerning the resurrection, Paul likewise asserted at this day. Acts 26:9 connected with Acts 26:5. F...
Our apostle had vindicated his life before, his doctrine now: he tells Agrippa, That for believing, expecting, and preaching the doctrine of the resurrection, he was questioned of the Jews; this he ca...