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Verse Acts 26:10. _MANY OF THE SAINTS_] From what is said in this
verse, it seems that Paul, before his conversion, was invested with
much power: he imprisoned the Christians; punished many in variou...
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WHICH THING I ALSO DID ... - Acts 8:3.
AND MANY OF THE SAINTS ... - Many Christians, Acts 8:3.
AND WHEN THEY WERE PUT TO DEATH - In the history of those
transactions, there is no account of any Chris...
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CHAPTER 26
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
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ALSO DID. did also. He not only thought, but acted.
SAINTS. Greek. _hagios._ See Acts 9:13; Acts 9:32; Acts 9:41. Only in
these four places in Acts applied to God's people. Frequently in the
epistles....
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_Which thing I also did in Jerusalem_ Saul must have been a most
active and prominent agent in the work of persecution in Jerusalem,
for we learn here that the death of Stephen was not the only one fo...
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ΚΑῚ ἘΠΟΊΗΣΑ ἘΝ ἸΕΡΟΣΟΛΎΜΟΙΣ, _which thing
I also did in Jerusalem_. Saul must have been a most active and
prominent agent in the work of persecution in Jerusalem, for we learn
here that the death of S...
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Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
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_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...
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I GAVE MY VOICE AGAINST THEM.— St. Paul had no vote in the
sanhedrim, nor do we certainly know that he was personally concerned
in the death of any except Stephen, in whose condemnation there was no
v...
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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....
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See notes on verse 9...
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Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut
up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and
when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
W...
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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...
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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...
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MY VOICE] RV 'my vote.' The Gk. means 'the vote of a judge,' and
establishes the fact that at the time of the death of Stephen, Paul,
though so young a man, was a member of the Sanhedrin.
12-18. See...
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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,...
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MANY OF THE SAINTS DID I SHUT UP IN PRISON. — The use of the term as
applied to the believers in Christ (see Note on Acts 9:13) is
remarkable as an example of courage. In the presence of Agrippa, St....
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ὃ καὶ ἐποίησα, _cf._ Galatians 2:10 (Bethge, p. 272), on
the distinction between πράσσειν and ποιεῖν Westcott on
St.John 3:22. ἐγὼ : emphatic. τῶν ἁγίων, see above Acts
9:13, _cf._ its use in...
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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...
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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,...
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Paul's Description of His Actions as a Persecutor
When Paul took actions to stop the teachings about Jesus and His
followers, he was directed by his conscience. Just as Agrippa's family
had pursued an...
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Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut
up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and
when they were put to death, I gave (d) my voice against [the...
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_I brought the sentence. [2] That is, from those who in the great
council were judges of life and death, to those officers who were to
put the sentence in execution. This seems to be the sense of thes...
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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...
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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...
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10._Which thing I did. _He proveth by his very facts with what force
of zeal he was carried away to strive against Christ, until greater
force did pull him back, and made him go the quite contrary w...
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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...
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WHICH THING I ALSO DID IN JERUSALEM,.... The metropolis of Judea,
where he had had his education, and was well known; here he consented
to the death of Stephen, and held the clothes of the witnesses w...
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Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut
up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and
when they were put to death, I gave my voice against _them_....
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_Why should it be thought a thing incredible_ (It was thought so by
Festus, Acts 25:19, to whom Paul answers as if he had heard him
discourse;) _that God_ A Being of infinite perfections, and the
orig...
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AUTHORITY; chap Acts 9:14; Acts 22:4-5....
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WHICH THING I ALSO DID IN JERUSALEM; AND MANY OF THE SAINTS DID I SHUT
UP IN PRISON, HAVING RECEIVED AUTHORITY FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS; AND
WHEN THEY WERE PUT TO DEATH, I GAVE MY VOICE AGAINST THEM....
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Paul's earlier position toward Jesus:...
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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...
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THIS I ALSO DID IN JERUSALEM, AND MANY OF THE SAINTS I SHUT UP IN
PRISON, HAVING RECEIVED AUTHORITY FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS; AND WHEN
THEY WERE PUT TO DEATH, I CAST MY VOTE AGAINST THEM.
11 And I puni...
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"And this. also did in Jerusalem: and. both shut up many of the saints
in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when
they were put to death. gave my vote against them"And this...
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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...
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THE SAINTS; the professors of the religion of the holy Jesus, who are
_called to be saints,_ ROMANS 1:7, and have him for the great example
of holiness, who fulfilled all righteousness; and from him t...
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Acts 26:10 This G3739 also G2532 did G4160 (G5656) in G1722 Jerusalem
G2414 and G2532 many G4183 saints...
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“I truly thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, and this I also did in Jerusalem.
And I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having receiv...
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Acts 26:10. WHICH THING I ALSO DID IN JERUSALEM. Probably referring
here especially to his share in the martyrdom of Stephen, when ‘the
witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose n...
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_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...
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I BOTH SHUT UP MANY
(πολλους τε κατεκλεισα). Effective aorist active of
κατακλειω, old word to shut down like a trap door, in N.T.
only here and Luke 3:20. Double use of τε (both--and).HAVING
RECEI...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I MYSELF THOUGHT. He shows his motivation as it had been when he
persecuted the Christians. He did it, thinking that he honored God by
doing it. I ALSO VOTED FOR IT. This may only mean that Paul appro...
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_I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth._
ST. PAUL’S THOUGHT WITH HIMSELF
1. Emerson verily thought with himself that every subject was...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:9; Acts 22:19; Acts 22:20; Acts 22:4; Acts 22:5;...
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Saints [τ ω ν α γ ι ω ν]. Lit., the holy ones. Paul did not
call the Christians by this name when addressing the Jews, for this
would have enraged them; but before Agrippa he uses the word without
fea...
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I shut up many of the saints — Men not only innocent, but good,
just, holy. I gave my vote against them — That is, I joined with
those who condemned them. Perhaps the chief priests did also give him
p...