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Acts 26:20
but showed first unto them of Damascus and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
but showed first unto them of Damascus and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
ACTS 26:20 Although the text of î74 a A B vgmss, which was adopted by the Committee, is hardly tolerable as Greek, at the same time the addition of eivj before pa/san in the Byzantine text (E H L P a...
Verse Acts 26:20. _BUT SHOWED FIRST UNTO THEM OF DAMASCUS_] He appears to have preached at Damascus, and in the neighbouring parts of Arabia Deserta, for about three years; and afterwards he went up...
See Acts 9:20. The 20th verse contains a summary of his labors in obedience to the command of the Lord Jesus. His argument is that the Lord Jesus had from heaven commanded him to do this, and that he...
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...
THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. But first of all to those in Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and throughout the whole land of Judaea and to the Gentiles, I brought...
OF. in. Greek. _en_. App-104. THROUGHOUT. Greek. _eis_. App-104. REPENT. Greek. _metanoeo._ App-111. MEET. worthy of, or answering to. Compare Matthew 3:8. REPENTANCE. Greek. _metanoia._ App-111....
_but shewed_[_R. V._declared] The word signifies the delivery of a message. Saul was henceforth God's evangelist. _and at Jerusalem_ Cp. Acts 9:29. Here he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus,...
ΚΑῚ ἘΝ ἹΕΡΟΣΑΛΎΓΟΙΣ, _and at Jerusalem_. Cf. Acts 9:29. Here he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians, so that they went about to kill him. ΠΑ͂ΣΆΝ ΤΕ ΤῊΝ ΧΏΡΑΝ...
Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
_PAUL'S PREACHING AMONG THE GENTILES ACTS 26:19-23:_ Paul was obedient to Jesus concerning his personal salvation and concerning the work the Lord had for him to do. He immediately began to preach at...
ΧΏΡΑΝ _асс. sing. от_ ΧΏΡΑ (G5561) район, место, область. _асс._ протяженности места (RG, 469; о проблемах текста _см._ ТС, 495-96). ΆΠΉΓΓΕΛΛΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G518) провозглашать. _I...
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 19...
); THE LATTER AS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE FORMER. _ From darkness to light. The whole passage leans on Isaiah 61:1_, quoted by our Lord, with reference to His own ministry, in the synagogue of Nazare...
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,...
BUT SHEWED... — The verb is in the tense which sums up a long-continued activity, and stands in the Greek after the enumeration of those to whom the Apostle preached: _But first to them of Damascus_.....
ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν Δ.: “both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem,” reading τε (see critical note) after πρῶτον, thus closely connecting Damascus and Jerusalem as the scenes of Paul's first activity,...
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,...
Naturally, Paul could not disobey a voice from heaven, so he preached the gospel in Damascus and Jerusalem, both to the Jews and Gentiles. Notice, his preaching included the necessity of repentance, a...
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...
BUT SHOWED FIRST UNTO THEM OF DAMASCUS,.... The Jews at Damascus to whom the apostle first preached; see Acts 9:20. AND AT JERUSALEM, AND THROUGHOUT ALL THE COASTS OF JUDEA; observing the order of hi...
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and _then_ to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance...
_Whereupon_ Or, _from that time_, as οθεν may be rendered, that ever-memorable time, through the grace of God, giving me inclination and power to obey; _I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision_ W...
DAMASCUS; chap Acts 9:19-23. MEET FOR REPENTANCE; such as true repentance produces....
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...
THEREFORE, KING AGRIPPA, I WAS NOT DISOBEDIENT TO THE HEAVENLY VISION. 20 but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should re...
"but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repent...
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...
SHOWED FIRST UNTO THEM OF DAMASCUS; nigh unto which place he was first converted, taking the first opportunity to preach Christ: out of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaking. AND TURN TO GOD:...
Acts 26:20 but G235 declared G518 (G5723) (G5625) G518 (G5707) first G4412 those G1722 Damascus...
“Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared both to those of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Genti...
Acts 26:20. BUT SHOWED FIRST UNTO THEM OF DAMASCUS, AND AT JERUSALEM, AND THROUGHOUT ALL THE COASTS OF JUDÆA, AND THEN TO THE GENTILES, THAT THEY SHOULD REPENT AND TURN TO GOD. It is noticeable that t...
_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...
BUT DECLARED (αλλα απηγγελλον). Imperfect active of απαγγελλω, repeatedly.THROUGHOUT ALL THE COUNTRY OF JUDEA (πασαν τε την χωραν της Ιουδαιας). The accusative here in the midst of the datives (τ...
Acts 26:19 Conversion of St. Paul. I. The conversion of St. Paul meant that he became convinced of the mission of Jesus Christ. It convinced him of that only, as he says himself, because it pleased G...
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...
I DID NOT DISOBEY THE VISION. He could have disobeyed, as Judas did. But since he had already decided to serve God, this decision made him follow Jesus. FIRST IN DAMASCUS. He had probably been a "miss...
_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...
_Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision._ THE HEAVENLY VISION This is Paul’s account of the decisive moment on which all his own future, and a great deal of the fut...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 26:20 A witness by Paul THROUGHOUT ALL THE REGION OF JUDEA is not recorded elsewhere in Acts 1:1. It must have occurred right after his conversion when he was in Jerusa
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 26:19.—Begins the third part of Paul’s defence, and furnishes the reason for his Gentile mission. WHEREUPON.—Lit., _whence_, wherefore, accordingly—_i.e._, having been so inst...
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 1:14; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:9;...
I declared — From that hour to this, both to Jew and Gentile, that they should repent — This repentance, we may observe, is previous both to inward and outward holiness....