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Acts 26:22
Having, therefore, obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Having, therefore, obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Verse Acts 26:22. _HAVING - OBTAINED HELP OF GOD_] According to the gracious promise made to him: see Acts 26:17. _WITNESSING BOTH TO SMALL AND GREAT_] Preaching before kings, rulers, priests, and p...
HAVING THEREFORE OBTAINED HELP OF GOD - Paul had seen and felt his danger. He had known the determined malice of the Jews, and their efforts to take his life. He had been rescued by Lysias, and had ma...
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...
"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...
THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
OBTAINED. Greek. _tunchano._ See Acts 19:11; Acts 24:2. HELP. Greek. _epikouria._ Only here.. medical word. OF. frorn. Greek. _para_. App-104. But the texts read _apo_. CONTINUE. stand. Greek. _hist...
_Having therefore obtained help of God_[_R. V._the help that is from God.] The "therefore" implies that against such attempts the help which alone could deliver him was divine. The word for "help" mea...
ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΊΑΣ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΤΥΧῈΝ ΤΗ͂Σ�, _having therefore obtained the help that is from God_. The connexion by οὖν implies that only help divine could have saved him in such perils. ἐπικουρία means such succou...
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...
ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΊΑ (G1947) выручка, помощь, возможно, предполагает помощь союзника (LN, 1:459; ММ; ВВКА; NDIEC, 3:67-68). ΤΥΧΏΝ _aor. act. part._ (причины) от ΤΥΓΧΆΝΩ (G5177) достигать, с _gen._ ΤΗΣ (G3588) d...
DISCOURSE: 1812 PAUL’S TESTIMONY Acts 26:22. _Having obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Mos...
HAVING THEREFORE OBTAINED HELP OF GOD, &C.— "I impute it therefore to an extraordinary providence that I am yet alive, and publicly declare it with all thankfulness, that it is by having obtained help...
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....
22, 23. That the Jews had not succeeded, with all their mobs, and conspiracies, and corruption of rulers, in destroying his life, was a matter of astonishment, and Agrippa might well admit that it was...
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: Having there...
22 It is evident that the apostle did disclose secrets which cannot be found in Moses and the prophets. One of these was the secret of the resurrecction, made known to the Corinthians (1Co_15:15). Ano...
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,...
HAVING THEREFORE OBTAINED HELP OF GOD. — The Greek noun for “help” is not used elsewhere in the New Testament. It implies the kind of assistance which one friend or ally gives to another of inferior p...
ἐπικουρίας … τῆς παρὰ (ἀπὸ) Θεοῦ : “the help that is from God,” R.V., _i.e._, the help which cometh from God only; only here in N.T., _cf._ Wis 13:18 (ἐμπειρίας, 2), for the use of the same phrase _cf...
CONVINCING HIS INQUISITORS Acts 26:22 Paul was in his element. He was delivering to kings and governors the testimony which it was the constant object of his life to give, when suddenly he was stoppe...
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...
(7) Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to (f) small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: (7)...
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...
_STEADFASTNESS_ ‘Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day.’ Acts 26:22 Continuance—steadfastness—what an important question it is! Let us spend a little time in looking at—...
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...
HAVING THEREFORE OBTAINED HELP OF GOD,.... Both to preach the Gospel, and escape danger; for he had delivered him many a time both from Jews and Gentiles, according to his promise, Acts 26:17 and part...
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: Ver. 22. _Sa...
_For these causes_ And for no other; _the Jews_ Who have the same inveteracy against the gospel of Jesus that I once had; _caught_ (seized) _me in the temple, and went about_ (attempted) _to kill me_...
SMALL AND GREAT; all classes of people. NONE OTHER THINGS; except those which were foretold in the Old Testament. Isaiah 53:3-9; Psalms 16:10; ACTS 2:31;...
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, HAVING OBTAINED HELP FROM GOD, TO THIS DAY I STAND, WITNESSING BOTH TO SMALL AND GREAT, SAYING NO OTHER THINGS THAN THOSE WHICH THE PROPHETS AND MOSES SAID WOULD COME - 1. With God's help,...
"Having therefore obtained the help that is from God,. stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come"Obtained the help that...
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...
I CONTINUE UNTO THIS DAY: that Paul, continued till then alive, notwithstanding all the fraud and force of his enemies, is acknowledged by him to be from God; from whence he infers towards his justifi...
22, 23. That the Jews had not succeeded, with all their mobs, and conspiracies, and corruption of rulers, in destroying his life, was a matter of astonishment, and Agrippa might well admit that it was...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh In like manner, before Agrippa also, he says that he was advancing "none other things than those which the prophets had announced."[257]...
Acts 26:22 Therefore G3767 obtained G5177 (G5631) help G1947 from G3844 God G2316 to G891 this G5026 day...
“Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand, to this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come, how that the Christ...
_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 26:22. HAVING THEREFORE OBTAINED HELP OF GOD, I CONTINUE UNTO THIS DAY. Never without Divine protection had he stood alive before that brilliant court and King Agrippa. Had not the invincible gua...
HAVING THEREFORE OBTAINED (ουν τυχων). Second aorist active participle of old verb τυγχανω.THE HELP THAT IS FROM GOD (επικουριας της απο του θεου). Old word from επικουρεω, to aid, and that from...
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...
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...
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...
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...
21-30. REPENT OF THEIR SINS AND TURN TO GOD. Compare Acts 3:19 and note. Paul preached a NEW LIFE!!!...
IT WAS FOR THIS REASON. Because he both obeyed and preached Christ. BUT TO THIS VERY DAY. God had helped him and showed his work to be genuine. WHAT I SAY IS THE VERY SAME THING. The _historical Chris...
_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 26:22 The inclusiveness of Paul’s witness was both social (SMALL AND GREAT) and racial (OUR PEOPLE AND... THE GENTILES). The suffering of Jesus was the fulfillment of OT prop
_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 Samuel 7:12; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 4:17;...
Help of God [ε π ι κ ο υ ρ ι α ς τ η ς π α ρ α τ ο υ θ ε ο υ]. Lit., "help that is from God." The article defines the nature of the help more sharply than A. V. The word for help originally meant alli...
Having obtained help from God — When all other help failed, God sent the Romans from the castle, and so fulfilled the promise he had made, Acts 26:17....