Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 26:5
If they would testify — But they would not, for they well knew what weight his former life must add to his present testimony.
If they would testify — But they would not, for they well knew what weight his former life must add to his present testimony.
Verse Acts 26:5. _AFTER THE MOST STRAITEST SECT_] That is, the Pharisees; who were reputed the _strictest_ in their _doctrines_, and in their _moral practices_, of all the sects then among the Jews. T...
WHICH KNEW ME - Who were well acquainted with me. FROM THE BEGINNING - ἄνωθεν anōthen. Formerly; or from the very commencement of my career. Who were perfectly apprised of my whole course. IF THE...
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)...
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,...
WHICH KNEW ME. Knowing me before. Greek. _proginosko._ App-132. FROM THE BEGINNING. Greek. _anothen._ See note on Luke 1:3. WOULD. be willing to. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. TESTIFY. Greek. _martureo....
_which knew me from the beginnings if they would testify_ Better (with _Rev. Ver._) "having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify." The word for "from the first" is the same wh...
ΠΡΟΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΈΣ ΜΕ ἌΝΩΘΕΝ, ἘᾺΝ ΘΏΛΩΣΙ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΙ͂Ν, _having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify_. ἄνωθεν is found Luke 1:3, where the Evangelist is describing his perfect unders...
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...
ΠΡΟΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G4267) знать заранее, знать предварительно, ΆΝΩΘΕΝ (G509) с начала, долгое время. Это слово относится к несуществующему условию и долгому пребыванию...
AFTER THE MOST STRAITEST SECT— _The strictest sect._ So Josephus, in a variety of places, calls the sect of the _Pharisees,_ almost in the very words which the apostle uses. They were in many respects...
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 4...
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Which knew me from the beginning - plainly showing that he received his...
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...
See Acts 22:3; Acts 23:6; Philippians 3:5....
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,...
AFTER THE MOST STRAITEST SECT. — Better, _most rigid,_ or _most precise._ The Greek does not contain anything answering to the double superlative of the English. The word for “sect” is the same as tha...
προγιν. με : knowing me beforehand, _i.e._, ἄνωθεν, from the beginning of my public education in Jerusalem. προγ.: twice elsewhere by Paul, Romans 8:29; Romans 11:2, also in 1 Peter 1:20;...
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...
Which (a) knew me from (b) the beginning, if they would testify, that after the (c) most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. (a) That I was, and where, and how I lived. (b) That my pa...
_According to the most sure sect. [1] In the Greek, the most exact or approved: for such was esteemed that of the Pharisees. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Certissimam,_ Greek: akribestaten, accuratissima...
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...
WHICH KNEW ME FROM THE BEGINNING,.... From his youth, from his first coming to Jerusalem: IF THEY WOULD TESTIFY; what they know, and speak out the truth of things, they must say, THAT AFTER THE MOST...
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Ver. 5. _After the most straitest sect_] There were three several sects...
_My manner of life from my youth, which was at first_ Την απ ' αρχης, _which from the beginning_, that is, from the beginning of my youth; was _among mine own nation at Jerusalem_ He was not born amon...
v. 4. MY MANNER OF LIFE FROM MY YOUTH, WHICH WAS AT THE FIRST AMONG MINE OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM, KNOW ALL THE JEWS;...
WHICH KNEW ME FROM THE BEGINNING, IF THEY WOULD TESTIFY, THAT AFTER THE MOST STRAITEST SECT OF OUR RELIGION I LIVED A PHARISEE....
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...
MY MANNER OF LIFE FROM MY YOUTH, WHICH WAS SPENT FROM THE BEGINNING AMONG MY OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM, ALL THE JEWS KNOW. 5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according...
"having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion. lived. Pharisee"Having knowledge of me from the first" "They have always known" (T...
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...
This heresy, sect, opinion, or way of the Pharisees, St. Paul rigthly commends, if we consider it comparatively with the other sects of the Sadducees and Essenes: he had called this before, ACTS 22:3,...
Acts 26:5 knew G4267 (G5723) me G3165 first G509 if G1437 willing G2309 (G5725) testify G3140 ...
“My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews, having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify,...
_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 26:5. WHICH KNEW ME FROM THE BEGINNING, IF THEY WOULD TESTIFY, THAT AFTER THE MOST STRAITEST SECT OF OUR RELIGION I LIVED A PHARISEE. He speaks here of what was evidently a common knowledge, viz....
HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF ME FROM THE FIRST (προγινωσκοντες με ανωθεν). Literally, "knowing me beforehand" (both προ and ανωθεν), from the beginning of Paul's public education in Jerusalem (Knowling). Cf...
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...
ALL THE JEWS KNOW HOW I HAVE LIVED. His life had been lived in agreement with the Law. They knew about his education in Jerusalem, and that he lived as a Pharisee, the strictest of the Jewish sects [t...
_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 22:5; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:14; Acts 24:5; Philippians 3:5;...