Acts 26:1

And Agripos said to Paulos, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paulos stretched forth his hand and made defence, and said,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

2Of all that I am accused by the Jihudoyee, king Agripos, I consider myself happy, that before you I (have to) make defence.

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Cross References

John 7:51Does our law condemn a man unless it shall hear from him first, and know what he hath done?

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

Acts 26:2Of all that I am accused by the Jihudoyee, king Agripos, I consider myself happy, that before you I (have to) make defence.

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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