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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:1-26

The apology. We are struck with a contrast between the conduct of our Lord when he stood before the bar of Caiaphas and of Pontius Pilate, and that of St. Paul when he was brought before Festus and Agrippa. It is written of Jesus, when the Jews accused him before Caiaphas, that "he held his peace." And again, as he stood before Pontius Pilate the governor, when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, that he answered nothing. And even when Pilate himself appealed to him, he gave... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:1-32

Paul before Festus and Agrippa. His address may be divided as follows:— I. THE REMARKABLE STORY OF HIS LIFE . ( Acts 26:1-18 .) 1. His life in Judaism. He had been brought up, as all knew, in the strictest sect of his religion, a Pharisee. Paul's example, it has been remarked, lends no countenance to the fallacy that dissolute students make the best preachers. He had been conscientious from the first, a friend of virtue, and a servant of the Law. He had not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:1-32

The apostolic defense in the presence of Festus and Agrippa. I. THE BEARING OF THE MAN . Dignity, gentleness, courtesy—a true Christian gentleman. II. THE APPEAL TO FACTS . The incontrovertible evidence. "Once I was a persecutor; now I am a disciple." III. THE PROCLAMATION OF A DIVINE MISSION . Showing that there was reason in his firmness and confidence; he was divinely sent and would be divinely cared for. IV. THE CHALLENGE TO TRY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:6

Here to be judged for and am judged, A.V. To be judged ( ἕστηκα κρινόμενος ); rather, I stand on my trial. The A.V. seems to give the sense well. The hope of the promise . The hope of the kingdom of Christ, which necessarily implies the resurrection of the dead. This hope, which rested upon God's promise to the fathers, Paul clung to; this hope his Sadducean persecutors denied. He, then, was the true Jew; he was faithful to Moses and the prophets; he claimed the sympathy and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:6

The Messianic promise. "The words of this verse include the whole expectation of a Divine kingdom, of which the Christ was to be the Head, as well as the specific belief in a resurrection of the dead." It is said of the early revelations of God, by the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews, "God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners" (Revised Version). And the presentation of Messiah in the Old Testament Scriptures has been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:6-8

The hope of the promise. It is a thing of deepest interest and significance that we can note so clearly, so repeatedly, what it was ever lay so close to the heart that craved the better, that was not dead, that reached towards light. It was ever that one transporting hope that grows out of the death and resurrection of Jesus, the hope of future and eternal life, the vista of an abiding city, a heavenly Canaan, and for their behoove "an house not made with hands," We learn here that,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:7

Earnestly for instantly, A.V.; might and day for day and night, A.V. ; attain for come, A.V. ; and concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O King! for for which hope ' s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews, A.V. and T.R. Our twelve tribes . δωδεκάφυλον only occurs here, in the Sibylline oracles, and in the protevangel. Jacob., 3, and in Clement's 1 Corinthians 55, but is formed, after the analogy of such words as δωδεκαετής δωδεκάμοιρος δωδεκάμηνος... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

Why is it judged incredible with you, if for why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that, A.V.; doth for should, A.V. Why is it judged , etc. The use of d is somewhat peculiar. It cannot stand for ὅτι , but it is nearly equivalent to "whether," as in Acts 26:23 . The question proposed to the mind is here whether God has raised the dead; and in Acts 26:23 whether Christ has suffered, whether he is the first to rise. In the latter case St. Paul gives the answer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The credibility of the resurrection. If it be an incredible doctrine, it must be so because to raise men from the dead is physically impossible or morally unlikely in a very high degree. But— I. IT IS NOT PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE . 1. The continuance of the spirit in existence after death is certainly not impossible; indeed, it is the discontinuance which has seemed so impossible that to many thinkers its permanency appears to be a necessity. The difficulty, to many minds,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

Resurrection in the light of revelation. "Why should it be thought," etc.? Grounds of the incredible. Contradiction of reason. Contradiction of experience. Absolute isolation of a fact. A statement is credible because it is rational, because it has been predicted, because it is analogous to and harmonious with experience, because it is morally and practically serviceable to humanity. I. THE APPEAL TO FAITH . You believe so much; why not this? The Jewish Scriptures contained... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

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