Acts 26

Acts 26:3

Verse 3

I know thee to be expert, &c. Agrippa being himself a Jew.

Acts 26:6

Verse 6

And am judged; am upon trial.–The hope of the promise, &c.; meaning the promise that a Messiah was to come. His belief that Jesus was the Messiah–that is, his belief in the realization of that hope–had been the true origin of the difficulty.

Acts 26:7

Verse 7

Our twelve tribes. Such phraseology was still used to denote the Jewish nation, though ten of the tribes had long before been scattered and lost.

Acts 26:11

Verse 11

Compelled; urged and pressed them.–To blaspheme; to abjure Christ.

Acts 26:14

Verse 14

The pricks; the goads.

Acts 26:22

Verse 22

To small and great; to high and low.

Acts 26:23

Verse 23

That should rise from the dead, and should show; that is, probably, whose resurrection should show.

Acts 26:24

Verse 24

With a loud voice; in order that the whole assembly might hear the taunt.

Acts 26:26

Verse 26

The king.–Agrippa.–Knoweth of these things; of the facts respecting the death and resurrection of Christ, and Paul’s conversion.

Acts 26:28

Verse 28

It is not probable that Agrippa was in earnest in this remark; for, even if a serious impression had been made upon his mind, he would not probably have expressed the interest which he felt, so abruptly on such an occasion. The supposition that he was not serious is confirmed by Paul’s answer, which has the character of a serious reply to a jesting remark.

Acts 26:29

Verse 29

Except these bonds; except being a prisoner,–bonds denoting, in this case, simply restraint, as it is not probable that he was actually bound. He was confined with chains at first, by Lysias, (Acts 21:33;) but when it appeared that he was a Roman citizen, they were removed. (Acts 22:29,36.)