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Verse Acts 26:32. _THEN SAID AGRIPPA_, c.] The king himself, who had
participated in the strongest emotions on the occasion, feels himself
prompted to wish the apostle's immediate liberation but this...
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THEN SAID AGRIPPA UNTO FESTUS ... - This is a full declaration of the
conviction of Agrippa, before whom the cause had been heard, that Paul
was innocent. It is an instance, also, where boldness and f...
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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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RESULT OF THE HEARING.
Acts 26:30 scarcely suggests the deliberations of a court after the
hearing....
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THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
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MIGHT HAVE BEEN. could have been, or was able to be.
SET AT LIBERTY. Greek. _apoluo._ App-174.
IF. Greek. _ei_, as in Acts 26:8.
APPEALED. Greek. _epikaleomai._ See Acts 25:11....
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_might have been set at liberty_ Thus Agrippa, looking at the question
from the Jewish stand-point, confirms the opinion of the Roman
magistrate (cp. Acts 25:25). So that St Paul was acquitted on all...
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Interruption by Festus. Appeal to Agrippa. Consultation and decision
24 _Festus said with a loud voice_ Probably what had last fallen from
Paul seemed to him little better than lunatic ravings. The G...
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ἈΠΟΛΕΛΎΣΘΑΙ ἘΔΎΝΑΤΟ, _might have been set at
liberty_. Thus Agrippa, looking at the question from the Jewish
standpoint, confirms the opinion of the Roman magistrate (cf. Acts
25:25). So that St Paul...
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INTERRUPTION BY FESTUS. APPEAL TO AGRIPPA. CONSULTATION AND DECISION...
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_PAUL PROVED HIMSELF TO BE INNOCENT ACTS 26:24-32:_ Festus reacted by
saying that Paul was a mad man. Paul said he was not mad and that what
he preached was true and in harmony with scripture. Paul th...
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THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET AT LIBERTY, IF, &C.— Though this
declaration of Agrippa would not secure St. Paul's deliverance, yet it
might do him some service, that a testimony to his innocence was
pr...
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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 30...
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THEN SAID AGRIPPA UNTO FESTUS, THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET AT
LIBERTY, IF HE HAD NOT APPEALED UNTO CAESAR.
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at
liberty, if he had not appe...
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22 It is evident that the apostle did disclose secrets which cannot be
found in Moses and the prophets. One of these was the secret of the
resurrecction, made known to the Corinthians (1Co_15:15). Ano...
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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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Agrippa, speaking as a Jew, pronounces St. Paul's views orthodox, or
at least not heretical. There is nothing in them, he thinks, contrary
to the OT., though, of course he does not accept them as true...
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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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THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET AT LIBERTY... — The decision to which
Agrippa came showed the wisdom of the line which St. Paul had taken.
The matter could not be hushed up nor got rid of. The authoritie...
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ἐδύνατο : a true affirmative imperfect of verbs denoting
obligation or possibility, when used to affirm that a certain thing
could or should have been done under the circumstances narrated;
therefore...
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CONVINCING HIS INQUISITORS
Acts 26:22
Paul was in his element. He was delivering to kings and governors the
testimony which it was the constant object of his life to give, when
suddenly he was stoppe...
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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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Agrippa's Response
Festus interrupted with a loud declaration that Paul had gone crazy
from too much learning. It seems Paul's failure to defend himself,
instead focussing on converting his judges, wa...
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REFLECTIONS
IT will be a blessed improvement of this chapter, under the Holy
Ghost's teachings, if by contemplating the different characters at
this assembly; our souls are led to see how dignified wa...
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And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and
Bernice, and they that sat with them: (31) And when they were gone
aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth no...
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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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THEN SAID AGRIPPA UNTO FESTUS,.... As declaring his sense, and by way
of advice and counsel; but not as determining anything himself, for
that lay in the breast of Festus, the Roman governor and judge...
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Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at
liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
Ver. 32. _If he had not appealed_] Which if he had not, this freeman
of Rome had been "free...
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_And when he had thus spoken_ That the impression Paul began to make
upon the court might reach no further; _the king rose up_ Thus
neglecting to yield to conviction, and losing, perhaps for ever, an...
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SET AT LIBERTY; he is an innocent man, guilty of no crime....
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THEN SAID AGRIPPA UNTO FESTUS, THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET AT LIBERTY
IF HE HAD NOT APPEALED UNTO CAESAR.
When Paul had made his last appeal, the king arose, this being the
signal that he wished the...
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The end of the hearing:...
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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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AND WHEN THEY HAD GONE ASIDE, THEY TALKED AMONG THEMSELVES, SAYING, "
THIS MAN IS DOING NOTHING DESERVING OF DEATH OR CHAINS. "
32 THEN AGRIPPA SAID TO FESTUS, " THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET FREE IF...
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24-32 It becomes us, on all occasions, to speak the words of truth
and soberness, and then we need not be troubled at the unjust censures
of men. Active and laborious followers of the gospel often ha...
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These judges and great men do, by their opinion concerning Paul,
condemn the Jews, whom they declare to have no cause for the
prosecuting of him; and so those caitiffs returned to Jerusalem, not
only...
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Acts 26:32 Then G1161 Agrippa G67 said G5346 (G5713) Festus G5347 This
G3778 man G444 might G1410 ...
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‘And Agrippa said to Festus, “his man might have been set at
liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.” '
So much so that Agrippa said to Festus that Paul might have been
immediately set free, if he...
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PAUL IS DECLARED TO HAVE DONE NOTHING WORTHY OF DEATH AND THUS TO HAVE
CONFORMED TO THE LAW, BUT KING HEROD AGRIPPA II CLOSES HIS HEART
AGAINST HIS WORDS (26:24-32)....
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Acts 26:32. THEN SAID AGRIPPA UNTO FESTUS, THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SET AT LIBERTY, IF HE HAD NOT APPEALED UNTO CÆSAR. On first thought,
it would seem as though this appeal of the apostle was a disast...
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THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET AT LIBERTY
(Απολελυσθα εδυνατο ο ανθρωπος ουτος).
Conclusion of the second class condition (determined as unfulfilled)
without αν as in Acts 24:19 because of εδυνατο (ve...
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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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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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THEY SAID TO EACH OTHER. They agree that Paul is not guilty of any
crime. THIS MAN COULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED. Paul would have been a free
man, if he had not appealed to the Emperor. However, the Jews s...
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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 26:24. AS HE THUS SPAKE FOR HIMSELF.—Lit., _he speaking these
things in his defence_—ταῦτα, these things, being the words
just uttered about the resurrection, rather than the e...
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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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Acts 25:11; Acts 25:12; Acts 25:25; Acts 28:18...