Because I know thee to be expert— Agrippa must have had great advantages for an accurateacquaintance with the Jewish customs, from his education under his father Herod Agrippa, and from his long residence at Jerusalem; and agreeably to this, by the permission of the emperor, he had the direction of the sacred treasure, &c. See on ch. Acts 25:13.
TO BE EXPERT - To be skilled or well acquainted. IN ALL CUSTOMS - Rites, institutions, laws, etc. Everything pertaining to the Mosaic ritual, etc. AND QUESTIONS - Subjects of debate, and of various o...
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...
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,...
THE DEFENCE OF A CHANGED MAN (Acts 26:1-11)...
BECAUSE, &C. Literal. thou being an expert. Greek. _gnostes._ Only here. Compare _gnostos_ (Acts 1:19). CUSTOMS. Greek. _eth_. _s_. See Acts 6:14. QUESTIONS. Greek. zetema. See Acts 15:2. among
_especially because I know thee to be expert] Rev. Ver_. quite correctly "especially because thou art expert." The margin which _R. V._gives "because thou art especially expert" might be accepted, but...
σου after ΔΈΟΜΑΙ omitted with אABE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 3. ΜΆΛΙΣΤΑ ΓΝΏΣΤΗΝ ὌΝΤΑ ΣΕ, _especially because thou art expert_. Some have joined μάλιστα with γνέστην, ‘because thou art especially ex...
Acts 26:1-23. PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA...
_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...
ΜΆΛΙΣΤΑ (G3122) особенно. Это может относиться ко всей последующей фразе, которая выражает особую причину удовольствия Павла, или только к последующему слову: "потому что ты особенно разбираешься" (Br...
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....
See notes on verse 1...
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. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNOW THEE TO BE EXPERT IN ALL CU...
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,...
EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS AND QUESTIONS. — The former word is used in its half-technical sense, as including all the precepts of the Law of Moses. (See Notes on Acts 6:14; Acts 21:21.)...
μάλιστα : (1) “especially because thou art expert,” R.V. (so Blass, Felten, Weiss), or (2) “because thou art specially expert,” margin, R.V. (so Wendt, Rendall, Bethge, Zöckler). See critical notes, a...
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...
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 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...
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...
ESPECIALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW THEE TO BE EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS,.... Rites and ceremonies of the Jews, whether enjoined by the law of Moses, or by the elders, fathers, and wise men: AND QUESTIONS WHICH A...
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. Ver. 3. _To be expert in all customs and questions_...
_Then Agrippa said unto Paul_ Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise not superior to Festus, as only having the power of o...
EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS AND QUESTIONS-AMONG THE JEWS; Agrippa was of Idumaean descent. But from the days of John Hyrcanus, the Idumaeans south of Palestine, to whom his family belonged, had adopted the...
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. Although Festus was the procurator of the province, ye...
THE HEARING BEFORE AGRIPPA. Paul's introduction to his speech:...
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...
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS AND QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE TO DO WITH THE JEWS. THEREFORE I BEG YOU TO HEAR ME PATIENTLY. 1. Knowing the background of Agrippa, his father and grandfath...
"especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore. beseech thee to hear me patiently"Thou art expert" '"As thou art well versed"(Rhm). "Thoroughly ac...
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...
This is not flattery, but a plain confession of what was true; for Agrippa, by reason of his birth and breeding, could not be wholly ignorant of those things in question; 1. About the Messiah; 2. Ab...
Acts 26:3 especially G3122 you G4571 are G5607 (G5752) expert G1109 G5037 all G3956 customs G1485 and...
Acts 26:3. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNOW THEE TO BE EXPERT IN ALL CUSTOMS AND QUESTIONS WHICH ARE AMONG THE JEWS. Agrippa II., singularly enough, was especially fitted to act as judge in such a cause as t...
_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...
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THOU ART EXPERT (μαλιστα γνωστην οντα σε). Or like the margin, "because thou art especially expert," according as μαλιστα is construed. Γνωστην is from γινωσκω and means a knower,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE. Agrippa was a Jew, one who had been brought up in the Jewish religion. He claimed to live by the Jewish Law and traditions, and he was the legal guardian of the temple. Th...
_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...
_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...
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 Corinthians 13:2; Acts 24:4; Acts 21:21; Acts 24:10; Acts 25:19;...
Expert [γ ν ω σ τ η ν]. Lit., a knower. Questions [ζ η τ η μ α τ ω ν]. See on ch. Acts 14:2....
Who art accurately acquainted — Which Festus was not; with the customs — In practical matters; and questions — In speculative. This word Festus had used in the absence of Paul, Acts 25:19, who, by the...