Acts 26:1
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
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Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
Proverbs 18:17The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
Acts 26:2“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of 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 →