But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Ver. 16. But rise and stand upon thy feet] Thus,
" Deiecit ut relevet; premit ut solatia praestet;
Enecat, ut possit vivificare, Deus. "
ACTS 26:16 @me# {C} In order to represent the balance between external evidence and transcriptional probability, a majority of the Committee preferred to include me in the text, but to enclose it wi...
Verse Acts 26:16. _BUT RISE_, c.] The particulars mentioned here, and in the two following verses, are not given in Acts 9:1, nor in Acts 22:6, where he gives an account of his conversion. He has det...
BUT RISE ... - The particulars mentioned in this verse and the two following are not recorded in the account of Paul’s conversion in Acts 9; but it is not improbable that many circumstances may have o...
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)...
"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...
RISE. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178.:1. STAND. Greek. _histemi._ HAVE APPEARED UNTO. was seen by. Greek. _horao._ App-133. MAKE. appoint. Greek. _procheirizomai._ See Acts 22:14. MINISTER. Greek. _hu...
_to make_[_R. V._appoint] _thee a minister_ The verb is that which in Acts 22:14 is rendered "have chosen" (_R. V._appointed), and implies a deliberate selection and appointment. Saul was "a chosen ve...
ΠΡΟΧΕΙΡΊΣΑΣΘΑΊ ΣΕ ὙΠΗΡΈΤΗΝ, _to appoint thee a minister_. Cf. for the verb, Acts 22:14. It implies a deliberate selection and appointment. For this reason St Paul was σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς (Acts 9:15). ΚΑῚ Μ...
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...
ΆΝΆΣΤΗΘΙ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) подниматься, вставать. _Aor. imper._ призывает к специфическому действию, ΣΤΉΘΙ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять. ΏΦΘΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_...
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...
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I w...
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...
26:16 servant (b-24) As 1 Corinthians 4:1 ....
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 RISE, AND STAND UPON THY FEET. — The report of the words heard by the Apostle is much fuller than in either Acts 9:11 or Acts 22:10, and may fairly be thought of as embodying what followed on the...
ἀλλὰ ἀνάστηθι : “Prostravit Christus Paulum ut eum humiliaret; nunc eum erigit ac jubet bono esse animo,” Calvin; for the expression _cf._ Ezekiel 2:1-2. προχειρ., _cf._ Acts 3:14; Acts 22:14;...
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...
_Wherein I will appear to thee. From whence interpreters take notice, that Christ divers times appeared to St. Paul to reveal things to 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...
− 16._But rise. _Christ did throw down Paul that he might humble him; now he lifteth him up, and biddeth him be of good courage. And even we are daily thrown down by his voice to this end, that we may...
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 RISE AND STAND UPON THY FEET,.... This, and what follows in this and the two next verses, are not in any of the former accounts; and these words are used not only because Saul was fallen to the ea...
_But rise and stand upon thy feet_ Though thou hast persecuted me and my followers in this outrageous manner, and hast been engaged in a desperate attempt to destroy them from the face of the earth, a...
BUT RISE AND STAND UPON THY FEET; FOR I HAVE APPEARED UNTO THEE FOR THIS PURPOSE, TO MAKE THEE A MINISTER AND A WITNESS BOTH OF THESE THINGS WHICH THOU HAST SEEN, AND OF THOSE THINGS IN THE WHICH I WI...
Paul's recital of his miraculous conversion:...
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...
BUT RISE AND STAND ON YOUR FEET; FOR I HAVE APPEARED TO YOU FOR THIS PURPOSE, TO MAKE YOU A MINISTER AND A WITNESS BOTH OF THE THINGS WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN AND OF THE THINGS WHICH I WILL YET REVEAL TO Y...
"But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have. appeared unto thee, to appoint thee. minister and. witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen Me, and of the things wherein. will appe...
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...
STAND UPON THY FEET; as Daniel was bidden by the angel, DANIEL 10:11, to mitigate his consternation and fear. OF THOSE THINGS IN THE WHICH I WILL APPEAR UNTO THEE: St. Paul accordingly had many vision...
Acts 26:16 But G235 rise G450 (G5628) and G2532 stand G2476 (G5628) on G1909 your G4675 feet...
“But arise, and stand on your feet, for to this end have I appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of the things in which you have seen me, and of the things in which I will appe...
_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 26:16. BUT RISE, AND STAND UPON THY FEET. These words introduce a portion of the interview passed over in the two other accounts of the ‘appearance.' Commentators have been apparently somewhat pe...
ARISE AND STAND (αναστηθ κα στηθ). "Emphatic assonance" (Page). Second aorist active imperative of compound verb (ανιστημ) and simplex (ιστημ). "Stand up and take a stand."HAVE I APPEARED UNTO THEE...
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...
_But rise, and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared unto thee to make thee a minister and a witness._ CHRISTIANITY SELF-ATTESTED If you had given you what was asserted to be a speech made long ag...
_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...
1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Timothy 1:12; 1 Timothy 4:6; 2 Corinthians 12:1;...
Have I appeared [ω φ θ η ν]. See on Luke 22:43. To make [π ρ ο χ ε ι ρ ι σ α σ θ α ι]. Better, as Rev., appoint. See on ch. Acts 3:20. A minister and a witness. See on Matthew 5:25;...
St. Paul had given king Agrippa an account of his miraculous conversion in the former verses; in these he declares to him his extraordinary commission to preach the gospel; that Christ, who appeared t...