Acts 26:1
And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:
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Proverbs 1:24Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
Proverbs 18:17The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.
John 7:51Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?
Acts 22:1My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.
Acts 26:2In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:
Matthew Henry on Acts 26:1
We left Paul at the bar, and Festus, and Agrippa, and Bernice, and all the great men of the city of Cæsarea, upon the bench, or about it, waiting to hear what he had to say for himself. Now in this chapter we have, I. The account he gives of himself, in answer to the calumnies of the Jews. And in this, 1. His humble address to king Agrippa, and the compliment he passed upon him, ver. 1-3 . 2. His account of his origin, and education, his profession as a Pharisee, and his adherence still to that which was then the… Read the whole commentary →