Whereupon The Greek has "in which things," and the sense is given well by the margin of R. V."on which errand."
with authority Rev. Ver."with the authority." Saul was the commissioner sent by the Jewish magistrates, and at this particular time Damascus had been assigned as the district where he was to search for the Christians.
Verse Acts 26:12. _WHEREUPON AS I WENT TO DAMASCUS_] See the whole account of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus explained at large, in _Clarke's notes on "_Acts 9:2_"_, c....
See this passage explained in the notes on Acts 9:5, etc....
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...
WHEREUPON. In (Greek. _en)_ which (circumstances). WENT. was going. TO. unto. Greek. _eis_. App-104. COMMISSION. Greek. _epitrope._ Only here. Compare the verb _epitrepo_ (Acts 26:1)....
καὶ after ἘΝ ΟἾΣ omitted with אABCEI. Not represented in _Vulg_. 12. ἘΝ ΟἿΣ, _wherein_, i.e. in doing this work. The margin of Rev. Ver. represents the sense very well, ‘on which errand.’ ΜΕΤ' ἘΞΟΥΣΊ...
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...
ΈΝ ΟΊΣ в этих вещах, при данных обстоятельствах (Bruce), ΠΟΡΕΥΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, путешествовать, ΈΠΙΤΡΟΠΉΣ (G2011) _gen. sing._ позволение; "по прик...
WHEREUPON— That is, _In this view as I was going to Damascus,_ &c....
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....
12-18. (12) "_Whereupon, as I was going to Damascus, with authority and commission from the high priests,_ (13) _at midday, O King, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the su...
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, Whereupon, [en (G1722) hois (G3739 _ )] - that is, In prosecution of which objects. _...
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,...
WITH AUTHORITY AND COMMISSION. — The former word implies the general power delegated to him, the latter the specific work assigned to him, and for the execution of which he was responsible....
ἐν οἷς, _i.e._, as I was thus engaged, _inter quæ_, “on which errand,” R.V. margin, see Acts 24:18. ἐπιτροπῆς, 2Ma 13:14, Polyb., iii., 15, 7, “commission,” A. and R.V. “Paulus erat _commissarius_,” B...
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...
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...
WHEREUPON AS I WENT TO DAMASCUS,.... Being intent, upon the above said things, to punish the saints, compel them to blaspheme, imprison them, and even put them to death on account of these things; upo...
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, Ver. 12. _See Trapp on "_ Act 9:2 _"_...
_Whereupon, as I went to Damascus_, &c. See notes on Acts 9:3, and Acts 22:5; where the substance of this paragraph occurs, and is explained. _At mid-day, O king_ Most seasonably, in the height of the...
WHEREUPON; while engaged in this persecution. Chap Acts 9:1-6....
WHEREUPON, AS I WENT TO DAMASCUS WITH AUTHORITY AND COMMISSION FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS,...
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...
WHILE THUS OCCUPIED, AS I JOURNEYED TO DAMASCUS WITH AUTHORITY AND COMMISSION FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS. 1. With this background, Paul now moves to describe his conversion. 2. Something changed. He was...
"Whereupon as. journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests" This he did while on the mission of persecuting Christians. Acts 26:13 "at midday,. king,. saw on the way....
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...
With procuratory letters recommending him to the Jews abroad, and deputing him as their agent....
12-18. (12) "_ Whereupon, as I was going to Damascus, with authority and commission from the high priests,_ (13) _at midday, O King, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the s...
Acts 26:12 occupied G1722 G3739 G2532 journeyed G4198 (G5740) to G1519 Damascus G1154 with G3326 authority...
“Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round ab...
Acts 26:12. WHEREUPON, AS I WENT TO DAMASCUS WITH AUTHORITY AND COMMISSION FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS. This is the third account contained in the ‘Acts' of St. Paul's conversion (see the general remarks a...
_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...
WHEREUPON (εν οις). "In which things" (affairs of persecution), "on which errand." Cf. Acts 24:18. Paul made them leave Palestine (Acts 11:19) and followed them beyond it (Acts 9:2).WITH THE AUTHOR...
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...
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...
_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 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...
_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 Kings 21:8; Acts 22:5; Acts 9:1; Acts 9:2; Acts 26:10;...
Whereupon [ε ν ο ι ς]. See on ch. Acts 24:18. Better, on which errand; in which affairs of persecution....
Acts 9:2....
Our apostle having declared his manner of life before conversion, proceeds next to declare the extraordinary manner of his conversion: He tells Agrippa, that as he went with. persecuting purpose towar...