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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:9

I verily . He gently excuses their unbelief by confessing that he himself had once felt like them, and insinuates the hope that they would change their minds as he had, and proceeds to give them good reason for doing so. Contrary to the Name ( Galatians 1:13 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 ). Jesus of Nazareth . By so designating the Lord of glory, he avows himself a member of "the sect of the Nazarenes" (see Acts 2:22 ; Acts 3:6 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 10:33 , etc.). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:9-10

Gradations in guilt. The old notion that, as sin is committed against an infinite God, it must itself be an infinite evil, and that, therefore, all sins are equally heinous and offensive, is held no longer. Its logic is unsound, and our moral sense contradicts the theory. The fact is that the degrees of human guilt in the multitude of actions men perform, under a vast variety of conditions, are indefinitely numerous. Only the Omniscient can possibly discriminate and compute them. But there... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:10

And this for which thing, A.V.; I both shut up for did I shut up, A.V. (with a change of order); prisons for prison, A.V.; vote for voice, A.V. I … shut up . The ἐγώ is emphatic. The verb κατακλείω , peculiar to St. Luke (see Luke 3:20 ) is much used by medical writers. Were put to death ; ἀναιρουμένων , a word frequent in St. Luke's writings, and much used in medical works, as well as ἀναίρεσις ( Acts 8:1 ). The phrase καταφέρειν ψῆφον is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 26:9

I verily thought - I indeed μὲν men supposed. Paul here commences the account of his conversion, and states the evidence on which he judged that he was called of God to do what he had done. He begins by saying that it was not because he was originally disposed to be a Christian, but that he was violently and conscientiously opposed to Jesus of Nazareth, and had been converted when in the full career of opposition to him and his cause.With myself - I thought to myself; or, I myself thought. He... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 26:10

Which thing I also did ... - Acts 8:3.And many of the saints ... - Many Christians, Acts 8:3.And when they were put to death - In the history of those transactions, there is no account of any Christian being put to death except Stephen, Acts 7:0. But there is no improbability in supposing that the same thing which had happened to Stephen had occurred in other cases. Stephen was the first martyr, and as he was a prominent man his case is particularly recorded.I gave my voice - Paul was not a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 26:8-11

Acts 26:8-11. Why should it be thought a thing incredible (It was thought so by Festus, Acts 25:19, to whom Paul answers as if he had heard him discourse;) that God A Being of infinite perfections, and the original author of the human frame; should raise the dead And continue their existence in a future state? Will not his Almighty power enable him to do it? and will not the honour of his moral attributes be hereby illustrated and vindicated? And if it be credible, is it not important... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 26:1-32

Paul again declared innocent (25:13-26:32)Among those who came to Caesarea to pay their respects to the new governor was Herod Agrippa II. This man was the son of Herod Agrippa I (the governor mentioned in 12:1-4,20-23) and the brother of Bernice and Drusilla (13; cf. 24:24; see ‘The New Testament World’). He was Rome’s appointed ruler over certain areas in the far north of Palestine, but he had no power in the region governed by Festus. He was, however, an expert on Jewish affairs (see... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 26:9

verily = therefore indeed. to = unto. Greek. pros. App-104 . the name . See Acts 2:38 . Jesus . App-98 . of Nazareth = the Nazarene. See Acts 2:22 . This is the seventh and last occ of the title in Acts. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 26:10

also did = did also. He not only thought, but acted. saints . Greek. hagios. See Acts 9:13 , Acts 9:32 , Acts 9:41 . Only in these four places in Acts applied to God's people. Frequently in the epistles. Compare Psalms 31:23 , Psalms 31:24 . shut up . Greek. katakleio. Only here and Luke 3:20 . authority . Greek. exousia. App-172 . from . Greek. para . App-104 . chief priests . Greek. archiereus, as in Acts 25:15 . put to death . Greek. anaireo. See Acts 2:23 . gave = cast. Greek.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 26:9

I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Having already shown that he was one with Agrippa in the hope of the resurrection which he supposedly held, Paul here moved to find further common ground with him, as having been, like Agrippa's whole family, a persecutor of the church.I verily thought ... means that Paul truly believed, "proving that a man may be conscientious even when engaged in enormous wickedness."[14]With myself ... "All... read more