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UNTO WHICH PROMISE - To the fulfillment of which promise they hope to
come; that is, they hope and believe that the promise will be
fulfilled, and that they will partake of its benefits.
OUR TWELVE TR...
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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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TWELVE TRIBES. Greek. _dodekaphulon._ Only here. This single word to
denote the whole twelve tribes shows that Paul regarded them as one.
To him there were no "lost" tribes as fondly imagined to-day....
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_unto which promise_ This makes it clear that the promise was the
sending of Him in whom all the families of the earth should be
blessed.
_our twelve tribes_ For the Jews regarded themselves as repres...
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Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
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τῶν before ἸΟΥΔΑΊΩΝ omitted with אABCEHILP.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥ͂ at the end of the verse, omitting βασιλεῦ
Ἀγρίππα with אBCEI. _Vulg_. puts ‘rex’ at the end.
7. ΕἸΣ ἭΝ, _unto which_ (_promise_). This makes it c...
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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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UNTO WHICH PROMISE, &C.— Great numbers of the ten tribes returned
with the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin from the Babylonish
captivity, Ezra 6:16; Ezra 8:35. Luke 2:36 and many of them who did
not...
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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 4...
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UNTO WHICH PROMISE OUR TWELVE TRIBES, INSTANTLY SERVING GOD DAY AND
NIGHT, HOPE TO COME. FOR WHICH HOPE'S SAKE, KING AGRIPPA, I AM ACCUSED
OF THE JEWS.
_ Unto which promise our twelve tribes_ ( Jame...
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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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26:7 serving (a-7) As chs. 7.7; 24.14; 27.23....
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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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INSTANTLY] RV 'earnestly.'
9, 10. 'I once found the same difficulty in believing that God does
actually raise the dead; and therefore I bitterly persecuted those who
proclaimed the Resurrection of Je...
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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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OUR TWELVE TRIBES. — The noun is strictly a neuter adjective: _our
twelve-tribed nation._ It will be noted that St. Paul, like St. James
(James 1:1), assumes the twelve tribes to be all alike sharers...
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εἰς ἣν : unto which promise, not _spem_ (Grotius, Bengel),
καταντῆσαι εἰς, _cf._ the same construction with the
same verb, Philippians 3:11; Ephesians 4:13, only in Luke and Paul,
but never by the for...
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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 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...
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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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7._Whereunto our twelve tribes. _Paul complaineth before Agrippa, that
the state of the Church is come to that pass, that the priests set
themselves against the common hope of all the faithful; as i...
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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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UNTO WHICH PROMISE,.... Of the Messiah, and salvation by him; and of
the resurrection of the dead and eternal glory, as following upon it:
OUR TWELVE TRIBES, INSTANTLY SERVING GOD DAY AND NIGHT HOPE...
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Unto which _promise_ our twelve tribes, instantly serving _God_ day
and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am
accused of the Jews.
Ver. 7. _Instantly serving God_] And yet fi...
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_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...
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HOPE TO COME; hope to experience the fulfilment of the promise.
HOPE'S SAKE; for having believed in Christ as the Messiah, and
expecting a resurrection through him to endless life....
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v. 4. MY MANNER OF LIFE FROM MY YOUTH, WHICH WAS AT THE FIRST AMONG
MINE OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM, KNOW ALL THE JEWS;...
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UNTO WHICH PROMISE OUR TWELVE TRIBES, INSTANTLY SERVING GOD DAY AND
NIGHT, HOPE TO COME. FOR WHICH HOPE'S SAKE, KING AGRIPPA, I AM ACCUSED
OF THE JEWS....
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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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TO THIS PROMISE OUR TWELVE TRIBES, EARNESTLY SERVING GOD NIGHT AND
DAY, HOPE TO ATTAIN. FOR THIS HOPE'S SAKE, KING AGRIPPA, I AM ACCUSED
BY THE JEWS.
1. This hope is not a new idea. Abraham, Isaac, J...
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"unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and
day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope. am accused by the
Jews,. king!"Our twelve tribes" This is an expression that indic...
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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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TWELVE TRIBES; so St. Paul still reckons them, notwithstanding that
ten tribes had been led captive, without returning again to this day.
Yet,
1. There were many left by the king of Assyria in their...
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Acts 26:7 To G1519 this G3739 our G2257 tribes G1429 earnestly G1722
G1616 serving G3000 (G5723) night...
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And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of
God to our fathers, to which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly
serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this h...
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Acts 26:7. UNTO WHICH PROMISE OUR TWELVE TRIBES, INSTANTLY SERVING GOD
DAY AND NIGHT, HOPE TO COME. Before discussing the deeply interesting
and important questions suggested by these few words, which...
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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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OUR TWELVE TRIBES
(το δωδεκαφυλον ημων). A word found only here in N.T.
and in Christian and Jewish writings, though δωδεκαμηνον
(twelve month) is common in the papyri and δεκαφυλος (ten
tribes) in...
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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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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...
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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 26:1. 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...
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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 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Timothy 5:5; Acts 20:31; Acts 26:6; Ezra 6:17;
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Twelve tribes [δ ω δ ε κ α φ υ λ ο ν]. Only here in New
Testament. A collective term, embracing the tribes as a whole. Meyer
renders our twelve - tribe - stock.
Instantly [ε ν ε κ τ ε ν ε ι α]. Only h...
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Our twelve tribes — For a great part of the ten tribes also had at
various times returned from the east to their own country, James 1:1;
1 Peter 1:1. Worshipping continually night and day — That is, t...