And Paul stretching forth his hand — Chained as it was: a decent expression of his own earnestness, and proper to engage the attention of his hearers; answered for himself — Not only refuting the accusations of the Jews, but enlarging upon the faith of the Gospel.
ACTS 26:1 The text of the Western reviser, preserved in the margin of the Harclean Syriac, 374 adds the words, “_confident, and encouraged by the Holy Spirit,_ Paul stretched out his hand …,” a readi...
CHAPTER XXVI. _Paul answers for himself before Agrippa, to whom he pays a true_ _compliment, in order to secure a favourable hearing_, 1-3; _gives an account of his education from his youth up_, 4,...
THEN PAUL STRETCHED FORTH THE HAND - See the notes on Acts 21:40. This was the usual posture of orators or public speakers. The ancient statues are commonly made in this way, with the right hand exten...
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)...
UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. THOU ART PERMITTED. Literally It is permitted thee. Greek. _epitrepo_. Same word as "suffer" and "give licence" (Acts 21:39; Acts 21:40). FOR. in behalf of. Greek. _hup...
Acts 26:1. Paul's defence before Agrippa 1. _and answered for himself] Rev. Ver_. "and made his defence." The verb is the same as before (Acts 19:33; Acts 24:10;...
ἈΠΕΛΟΓΕΙ͂ΤΟ, _made his defence_. The verb is the same as before (Acts 19:33; Acts 24:10; Acts 25:8), and intimates that what is coming is an _apologia_. St Luke here as in other places notices the ges...
Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
_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...
ΈΦΗ _impf._/aor. _ind. act. от_ ΦΗΜΊ (G5346) говорить. Об Агриппе II _см._ Acts 25:13. ΈΠΙΤΡΈΠΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΈΠΙΤΡΈΠΩ (G2010) позволять; безличный _pass._ с _inf._ (иногда с _part._ VA, 3...
PAUL STRETCHED FORTH THE HAND,— Elsner shews this to have been esteemed at that time a very decent expression of earnestness in one who spoke in public; though some of the most illustrious Greek orato...
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....
XXVI: 1–3. Festus having stated the case, and the assembly being in waiting, the king assumed the presidency of the assembly. (1) “_Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself....
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: THE DEFENSE, INTERRUPTED BY FESTUS, BUT ONLY THE MORE IMPRESSIVELY...
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,...
XXVI. (1) THEN PAUL STRETCHED FORTH THE HAND. — The characteristic attitude reminds us of Acts 21:40. Here it acquires a fresh pictorial vividness from the fact that St. Paul now stood before the cour...
ἐπιτρέπεται, Burton, p. 9, on “the aoristic present”. Agrippa as a king and as a guest presides; and Paul addresses himself specially to him, _cf._ Acts 26:2; Acts 26:7; Acts 26:13;...
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...
St. Paul having obtained liberty of speaking, stretches out his right hand, disengaging from his cloak. We must recollect that St. Paul still bore his chains about him, those chains in which he glorie...
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:[212] (2) I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer...
CONTENTS Paul is permitted to speak for Himself. He makes his Defence: declares his Conversion, and the Manner of it. He is interrupted by Festus. He again reassumes his Discourse, and speaks to Agri...
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...
THEN AGRIPPA SAID UNTO PAUL,.... After Festus had made the above speech to him, and to all present, and had introduced the affair of Paul, who now stood before them: THOU ART PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR T...
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: Ver. 1. _And answered for himself_] This the apostle doth most arti...
_Then Agrippa said unto Paul_ Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise not superior to Festus, as only having the power of o...
THE HEARING BEFORE AGRIPPA. Paul's introduction to his speech:...
THEN AGRIPPA SAID UNTO PAUL, THOU ART PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR THYSELF. THEN PAUL STRETCHED FORTH THE HAND AND ANSWERED FOR HIMSELF:...
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...
THEN AGRIPPA SAID TO PAUL, " YOU ARE PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. " SO PAUL STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND AND ANSWERED FOR HIMSELF. 1. Paul now has the best audience of all his attempts to defend himsel...
"And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defense"Agrippa" Pronounced. grip uh. This man was known as Agrippa II. He was th...
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...
ACTS CHAPTER 26 ACTS 26:1 Paul, in the presence of Agrippa, declareth his life from his childhood, his wonderful conversion, and call to the apostleship, and his preaching of Christ according to the s...
XXVI: 1 3. Festus having stated the case, and the assembly being in waiting, the king assumed the presidency of the assembly. (1) “_ Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself....
Acts 26:1 Then G1161 Agrippa G67 said G5346 (G5713) to G4314 Paul G3972 You G4671 permitted G2010 ...
‘And Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence.' At this point Agrippa turned to Paul and gave him permission to put fo...
_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 26:1. THEN AGRIPPA SAID UNTO PAUL, THOU ART PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR THYSELF. On this occasion Agrippa, invested with the royal dignity, although only a subject monarch, sat in the president's plac...
THOU ART PERMITTED (επιτρεπετα σο). Literally, It is permitted thee. As if Agrippa were master of ceremonies instead of Festus. Agrippa as a king and guest presides at the grand display while Festu...
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...
YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO SPEAK. Festus was the one who had the authority in this province, but this session of the court was arranged to permit Agrippa to investigate the case and help him write somethi...
_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...
Acts 22:1; Acts 25:16; Acts 26:2; Ezekiel 16:27; John 7:51;...
Observe here, 1. The person whom the apostle makes his defence before: Agrippa, Agrippa. king of whom he begs the favour patiently to hear him. It is. great favour for great men so much as to hear an...