Acts 26:1

So Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.

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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 regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews;

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:24I have called, and you have refused to listen; 1 I reached out with my hand, but there was no one who paid attention. 1

Proverbs 18:17The first to plead his case seems right 1 until his opponent comes and questions him. 1

John 7:51“Does our law judge a man before hearing from him and knowing what he does?”

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

Acts 26:2“I regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today 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 →

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