Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 26:30
and when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them
and when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them
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...
RESULT OF THE HEARING. Acts 26:30 scarcely suggests the deliberations of a court after the hearing....
THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
As Paul was making his defence, Festus cried out, "Paul, you are mad. Much learning has turned you to madness." But Paul said, "I am not mad, Festus, your Excellency, but I am uttering words of truth...
AND WHEN, &C. All the texts omit. KING. Paul's appeal had taken the case out of the hands of Festus; so this was not. court of justice, but an inquiry to please Agrippa, and to enable Festus to make h...
_And when he had thus spoken_ The oldest MSS. omit these words. _they that sat with them_ i.e. the chief captains and the principal men of Cæsarea. (See Acts 25:23.) The authorities withdrew to consu...
Interruption by Festus. Appeal to Agrippa. Consultation and decision 24 _Festus said with a loud voice_ Probably what had last fallen from Paul seemed to him little better than lunatic ravings. The G...
καὶ ταῦτα εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ omitted with אAB. Not represented in _Vulg_. 30. ΟἹ ΣΥΓΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ, _they that sat with them_, i.e. the chief captains and the principal men of Cæsarea. (See Acts 25:2...
INTERRUPTION BY FESTUS. APPEAL TO AGRIPPA. CONSULTATION AND DECISION...
_PAUL PROVED HIMSELF TO BE INNOCENT ACTS 26:24-32:_ Festus reacted by saying that Paul was a mad man. Paul said he was not mad and that what he preached was true and in harmony with scripture. Paul th...
ΑΝΈΣΤΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) вставать, ΣΥΓΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΣΥΓΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G4775) сидеть вместе, сидеть с _adj. part._ в роли _subst._...
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....
30-32. The course of remark and the feeling of the audience had now reached that painful crisis in which it was necessary either to yield at once to the power of persuasion, or to break up the intervi...
AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, THE KING ROSE UP, AND THE GOVERNOR, AND BERNICE, AND THEY THAT SAT WITH THEM: _ And [when he had thus spoken], the king rose up_ (the bracketed words are certainly an a...
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,...
AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, THE KING ROSE UP... — The act indicated, as far as it went, that the Apostle’s words had made a favourable impression. This, they felt, was no common criminal, no fomenter...
καὶ ταῦτα εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ : of these words are not retained, see critical note, their omission seems to make the rising up more abrupt (_subito consurgit_, Blass), and probably this is the meaning of t...
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,...
Agrippa's Response Festus interrupted with a loud declaration that Paul had gone crazy from too much learning. It seems Paul's failure to defend himself, instead focussing on converting his judges, wa...
(10) And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: (10) Paul is solemnly acquitted, and yet not dismissed....
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: (31) And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth no...
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 WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN,.... These words are omitted in the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions: THE KING ROSE UP; from the judgment seat; that is, King Agrippa: A...
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: Ver. 30. _The king rose up and the governor_] A little of such sad discourse served their tu...
_And when he had thus spoken_ That the impression Paul began to make upon the court might reach no further; _the king rose up_ Thus neglecting to yield to conviction, and losing, perhaps for ever, an...
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...
WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS, THE KING STOOD UP, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR AND BERNICE AND THOSE WHO SAT WITH THEM; 1. The meeting is now over. 2. The king stands up, along with the governor, Bernice...
"And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them"The king rose up" Signaling the end of this discussion. "The governor" Festus. "Bernice" (ber NIH see). The oldest dau...
24-32 It becomes us, on all occasions, to speak the words of truth and soberness, and then we need not be troubled at the unjust censures of men. Active and laborious followers of the gospel often ha...
Agrippa, Festus, and the queen, together with the governor's council, although they had heard this excellent discourse from, the most learned apostle, like the blackamoor or leopard, they cannot chang...
30-32. The course of remark and the feeling of the audience had now reached that painful crisis in which it was necessary either to yield at once to the power of persuasion, or to break up the intervi...
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‘And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they who sat with them, and when they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.” '...
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 WORDS (26:24-32)....
Acts 26:30. AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, THE KING ROSE UP, AND THE GOVERNOR, AND BERNICE, AND THEY THAT SAT WITH THEM. Thus arising and leaving the court in order of their precedence. Such an exact de...
ROSE UP (ανεστη). Second aorist active of ανιστημ (intransitive), agreeing only with "the king" (ο βασιλευς). The entertainment was over....
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...
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!!!...
DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROPHETS? Agrippa did believe the prophets, as all Jews did. Therefore he would not appraise the idea of the prophecies being fulfilled as mad and irrational. DO YOU THINK YOU WILL...
_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 26:24. AS HE THUS SPAKE FOR HIMSELF.—Lit., _he speaking these things in his defence_—ταῦτα, these things, being the words just uttered about the resurrection, rather than the e...
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...
Acts 18:15; Acts 28:22...
The king, the governor, Bernice. Mentioned in the order of their rank....
And as he said this, the king rose up — An unspeakably precious moment to Agrippa. Whether he duly improved it or no, we shall see in that day....
Observe here, How Agrippa, Festus, and the whole company, acquit the innocent apostle in their judgments and consciences, yea, with their tongues declare, that he deserves neither death nor bonds; yet...