Acts 26:1

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

In Context

2I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

Proverbs 18:17He that is first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

John 7:51Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

Acts 22:1Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.

Acts 26:2I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,

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 →

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