Acts 26:1

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Yoʋ have permission to speak for yoʋrself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began to make his defense:

Text-Critical English NT

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

2“I consider myself fortunate that it is before yoʋ, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense today concerning all the things of which I am being accused by the Jews,

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Cross References

John 7:51“Does our law condemn a man without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is doing?”

Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense I now make to you.”

Acts 26:2“I consider myself fortunate that it is before yoʋ, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense today concerning all the things of which I am being 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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