My manner of life from my youth. — The Apostle refers, of course, to the time when he first came up to Jerusalem to study the Law and the traditions at the fees, of Gamaliel. (Comp. his account of the same period in Galatians 1:14; Philippians 3:5.)
Know all the Jews. — The noun seems to be used in its more limited meaning, as including chiefly, if not exclusively, the Jews of Judæa.
ACTS 26:4 @oi`# VIoudai/oi Instead of VIoudai/oi î74 B C* E Y 3 33 81 209 234 241 242 489 611 618 642 945 1642 1704 1739 1875 1884 1891 2495), oi` VIoudai/oi is read by the Textus Receptus, following...
Verse Acts 26:4. _MY MANNER OF LIFE_, c.] The apostle means to state that, though born in Tarsus, he had a regular Jewish education, having been sent up to Jerusalem for that purpose but at what age...
MY MANNER OF LIFE - My opinions, principles, and conduct. FROM MY YOUTH - Paul was born in Tarsus; but at an early period he had been sent to Jerusalem for the purpose of education in the school of G...
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)...
MANNER OF LIFE. Greek. _biosis._ Only here. Compare App-170. YOUTH. Greek. _neotes._ Only here; Matthew 19:20; Mark 10:20; Luke 18:21;...
_at the first_ Better (with _Rev. Ver._) "from the beginning." The Apostle though born in Tarsus yet came early to Jerusalem for his education, and it was in the Holy City that his character was forme...
ΤῊΝ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΒΊΩΣΊΝ ΜΟΥ, _now my manner of life_. βίωσις is only found here in N.T. and nowhere in profane authors. We have the word in the prologue to Ecclus., ὅπως … ἐπιπροσθῶσι διὰ τῆς ἐννόμου βίω...
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...
ΜΈΝ ΟΎΝ (G3303; G3767) хорошо, итак (Bruce), ΒΊΩΣΙΣ (G981) образ жизни, жизненный путь, каждодневная жизнь (LN, 1:506). ΝΕΌΤΗΣ (G3503) молодость, ΆΡΧ (G746) начало; относится к периоду, предшествую...
WHICH WAS AT THE FIRST, &C.— Doddridge reads this, _Which from the beginning_ (of my youth) _was spent among those of mine own nation,_ &c. Probably he had in his childhood been brought up in the scho...
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....
4-8. After the exordium, he proceeds to state, first, his original position among the Jews, and to show that he was still true to the chief doctrine which he then taught. (4) "_My manner of life from...
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusal...
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,...
μὲν οὖν : with no formal antithesis, but as marking the opposition between his present and former mode of life, a contrast dropped for the moment, and resumed again in Acts 26:9; see Rendall, Appendix...
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...
(2) My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; (2) Paul divides the history of his life into two times: for the first he calls his...
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...
− 4._My life which I have led. _He doth not as yet enter into the state of the cause; but because he was wrongfully accused and burdened with many crimes, lest king Agrippa should envy the cause − (61...
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...
MY MANNER OF LIFE, FROM MY YOUTH,.... That is, his conduct and deportment, his behaviour among men, from the time that he was capable of performing religious exercises, and of knowing the difference b...
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; Ver. 4. _My manner of life from my youth_] And although with some, _Principium fervet, m...
_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...
AT THE FIRST AMONG MINE OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM; though born in Tarsus, Paul was early sent to Jerusalem for his education. Chapter Acts 22:3....
v. 4. MY MANNER OF LIFE FROM MY YOUTH, WHICH WAS AT THE FIRST AMONG MINE OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM, KNOW ALL THE JEWS;...
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...
MY MANNER OF LIFE FROM MY YOUTH, WHICH WAS SPENT FROM THE BEGINNING AMONG MY OWN NATION AT JERUSALEM, ALL THE JEWS KNOW. 5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according...
"My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews"From my youth up" At some point in his "youth" Paul had been sent to Je...
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...
Paul appeals to his enemies, the Jews themselves, whether they could tax him with any enormity whilst he was of their persuasion; whereby he vindicates his holy religion from being the sink and offsco...
4-8. After the exordium, he proceeds to state, first, his original position among the Jews, and to show that he was still true to the chief doctrine which he then taught. (4) "_ My manner of life from...
Acts 26:4 My G3450 manner G3303 G3767 life G981 from G1537 youth G3503 which G3588 was G1096 ...
“My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews, having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify,...
_Second Division of ‘Apologia'Paul refers to his well-known early life, and his fame as a PhariseeHe has never swerved from his old Belief He touches on its central Tenets,_ 4-8. Acts 26:4. MY MANNER...
_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...
MY MANNER OF LIFE (την μεν ουν βιωσιν μου). With μεν ουν Paul passes from the _captatio benevolentiae_ (verses Acts 26:1; Acts 26:2) "to the _narratio_ or statement of his case" (Page). Βιωσις is fr...
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...
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...
_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...
2 Timothy 3:10; Acts 22:3...
My manner of life, etc. The repeated articles give additional precision to the statement : "the manner of life, that which was from my youth; that which was from the beginning....
From my youth, which was from the beginning — That is, which was from the beginning of my youth....
Here the apostle begins his defence, with. relation of the innocency and strictness of his life before his conversion: he did and could appeal to all that knew him, concerning the unblamableness of hi...