Acts 26:1
Then Agrippa sayd vnto Paul, Thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. So Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himselfe.
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Proverbs 1:24Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, and none woulde regarde.
Proverbs 18:17He that is first in his owne cause, is iust: then commeth his neighbour, and maketh inquirie of him.
John 7:51Doth our Law iudge a man before it heare him, and knowe what he hath done?
Acts 22:1Ye men, brethren and Fathers, heare my defence nowe towards you.
Acts 26:2I thinke my selfe happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answere this day before thee of all the things whereof I am accused of the Iewes.
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 →