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Verse Acts 26:11. _BEING EXCEEDINGLY MAD AGAINST THEM_] Only a
_madman_ will persecute another because of his differing from him in
religious opinion; and the fiercest persecutor is he who should be
d...
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AND I PUNISHED THEM OFT ... - See Acts 22:19.
AND COMPELLED THEM TO BLASPHEME - To blaspheme the name of Jesus by
denying that he was the Messiah, and by admitting that he was an
impostor. This was th...
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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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I PUNISHED... AND. punishing them..., I. See Acts 22:5.
IN. throughout. Greek. _kata._ App-104.
SYNAGOGUE. App-120.
COMPELLED. was compelling, or constraining, as in Acts 28:19. Greek.
_anankazo._...
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_And I punished them oft in every synagogue_ The Gk. continues with a
participial construction, represented in _Rev. Ver._"and punishing …
in all the synagogues." This closer representation of the ori...
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ΚΑῚ ΚΑΤᾺ ΠΆΣΑΣ ΤᾺΣ ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓᾺΣ
ΠΟΛΛΆΚΙΣ ΤΙΜΩΡΩ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ, _and punishing them
often in all the synagogues_. This shews how zealous Saul’s labours
against the Way had been. Of the synagogues as places wh...
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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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COMPELLED THEM TO BLASPHEME;— A known passage in Pliny, lib. 10: ep.
97 proves that the Heathen persecutors obliged Christians who fell
under their trial, not only to renounce Christ, but also to curs...
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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....
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See notes on verse 9...
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And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to
blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them
even unto strange cities.
And I punished them oft in every synag...
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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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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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COMPELLED THEM TO BLASPHEME. — The verb is in the imperfect tense,
which may express either continued or incomplete action. It does not
follow, therefore, that any of the believers yielded to the pres...
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τιμωρῶν (_cf._ Acts 22:5), more usually in the middle voice in
this sense, although the active is so used sometimes in classical
Greek, Soph., _O. T._, 107, 140, Polyb., ii., 56, 15. For
ecclesiastial...
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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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And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and (e) compelled [them]
to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted
[them] even unto strange cities.
(e) By extreme punishment....
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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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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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AND I PUNISHED THEM OFT IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE,.... In Jerusalem, where
there were many; Acts 24:12; by beating and scourging them there, as
the manner was; see Matthew 10:17.
AND COMPELLED THEM TO BLASP...
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And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled _them_ to
blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted _them_
even unto strange cities.
Ver. 11. _Compelled them to blasph...
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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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COMPELLED THEM; that is, used violent means to induce them. It does
not follow that his efforts were successful.
BLASPHEME; the name of Jesus, by denying him to be the Messiah.
STRANGE CITIES; citie...
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AND I PUNISHED THEM OFT IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE, AND COMPELLED THEM TO
BLASPHEME; AND BEING EXCEEDINGLY MAD AGAINST THEM, I PERSECUTED THEM
EVEN UNTO STRANGE CITIES.
Paul here makes a frank confession of h...
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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 punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues,. strove to make
them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them,. persecuted
them even unto foreign cities"And punishing them oftentimes in...
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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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Paul confesses that he COMPELLED THEM TO BLASPHEME, either:
1. By the torments he made them to be put unto; or:
2. By his own example; for he confessed that he had been a blasphemer
himself, 1 TIMOT...
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Acts 26:11 And G2532 punished G5097 (G5723) them G846 often G4178 in
G2596 every G3956 synagogue G4864 compelled...
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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 26:11. AND I PUNISHED THEM OFT IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE, AND COMPELLED
THEM TO BLASPHEME. This alludes, no doubt, not only to the many
synagogues in Jerusalem (see chap. Acts 6:9, and note), but also t...
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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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PUNISHING
(τιμωρων). Old word τιμωρεω originally to render help,
to succor (τιμωρος, from τιμη and ουρος), then to
avenge (for honour). In N.T. only here and Acts 22:5.I STROVE TO MAKE
THEM BLASPHE...
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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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2 Peter 2:16; Acts 13:45; Acts 18:6; Acts 22:19; Acts 26:24;...
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I compelled them — That is, some of them; to blaspheme — This is
the most dreadful of all! Repent, ye enemies of the Gospel. If Spira,
who was compelled, suffered so terribly, what will become of thos...