Acts 26:24

When he spake these things, and yielded reason, Festus said with (a) great voice, Paul, thou maddest, [or Paul, thou waxest (or thou growest) mad]; many letters turn thee to madness. (And when he had said these things, and made his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; too much study hath driven thee mad.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

In Context

23if Christ is to suffer, if he is the first of the again-rising of dead men [or if (he is) the first of the again-rising of (the) dead], that shall show light to the people and to heathen men. (that the Messiah is to suffer, and that he is the first of the resurrection of the dead, who shall show light to the (Jewish) people and to the Gentiles.)

25And Paul said, I mad not, thou best Festus, (or But Paul said, I am not mad, O most excellent Festus), but I speak out the words of truth and of soberness.

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:11And Jehu went out to the servants of his lord, which said to him, Whether all things be rightful? (or Is everything all right?) (For) What came this mad man to thee? Which said to them, Ye know the man, and what he spake.

Hosea 9:7Days of visitation be come, days of yielding be come. Know ye, that Israel is a fool, a mad prophet, a spiritual man, for the multitude of thy wickedness is also the multitude of madness. (Days of punishment have come, days of yielding vengeance have come, and Israel shall know it. And now the prophet shall be made a fool, and the spiritual man a madman, for the multitude of thy wickedness and thy hatred.)

John 7:15And the Jews wondered, and said, How knoweth this man letters, since he hath not learned? (or How can this man know so much, since he hath not studied?)

John 8:52Therefore the Jews said, Now we have known, that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If any man keep my word (s), (or If any man obey my words), he shall not taste death [into] without end.

Acts 17:32And when they had heard (of) the again-rising of dead men, [or Soothly when they had heard (of) the again-rising of (the) dead], (or And when they had heard of the resurrection of the dead), some scorned, and some said, We shall hear thee again of this thing.

Acts 24:25And while he disputed of rightwiseness, and chastity, and of doom to coming [or and of doom to come], Felix was made trembling, and answered, That pertaineth now, go; but in time covenable, I shall call thee. (And while he disputed about righteousness, and love, and the judgement to come, Felix began to tremble, and answered, That pertaineth for now, now go; but at a suitable time, I shall call for thee again.)

Matthew Henry on Acts 26:13-24

Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus… Read the whole commentary →

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