Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 26:7
26:7 serving (a-7) As chs. 7.7; 24.14; 27.23. read more
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John Darby
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:1-32
Defence before Agrippa1-32. St. Paul before Agrippa. This speech, though in form a defence to the Jews, is really intended by St. Luke to be St. Paul’s defence to the world—an apology for his whole life and work.Analysis. Opening compliment to Agrippa (Acts 26:2-3); the Apostle’s orthodox Pharisaic education (Acts 26:4-5); he is really called in question because he believes in the hope of all orthodox Jews, the coming of the Messiah, and the Resurrection (Acts 26:6-8); his persecution of the... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 26:6
(6) For the hope of the promise made of God. The words 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.Unto our fathers.—Some of the better MSS. have simply, “to the fathers.” The Received text is, perhaps, more in harmony with St. Paul’s usual manner of identifying himself with those to whom he speaks. He will claim even Agrippa as of the stock of Abraham. (Comp. in this connection the... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 26:7
(7) Our twelve tribes.—The noun is strictly a neuter adjective: our twelve-tribed nation. It will be noted that St. Paul, like St. James (James 1:1), assumes the twelve tribes to be all alike sharers in the same hope of Israel, and ignores the legend, so often repeated and revived, that the ten tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel, after they had been carried away by Salmaneser, had wandered far away, and were to be found, under some strange disguise, in far-off regions of the world. The... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 26:8
(8) Why should it be thought a thing incredible . . .?—Some MSS. give a punctuation which alters the structure of the sentence: What! is it thought a thing incredible . . . ? The appeal is made to Agrippa as accepting the sacred books of Israel, in which instances of a resurrection were recorded (1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 4:18-37), and which ought to have hindered him from postulating the incredibility of the truth which St. Paul preached, and which included (1) the doctrine of a general... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 26:1-32
Reasons for Doubt Acts 26:8 That is a new apologetic; that is a Strategic move of the first order. This is new to me; that is a masterstroke. What a sagacious statesman was the Apostle Paul! Hitherto we had been thinking that it was the place of faith to give reasons; the Apostle pushes the war to the other side, and says, You must give reasons for your doubt. Why, that opens a wide field of criticism and observation and profitable comment. It is the Apostle who says, Stand up, and defend... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 26:1-32
CHAPTER 26 1. The Address of the Apostle Paul (Acts 26:2-23 ). 2. The Interruption by Festus and the Appeal to the King (Acts 26:24-29 ). 3. The Verdict (Acts 26:30-32 ). The opening words of the Apostle are indeed gracious. Even as he stands in chains the great Apostle counts himself happy. His happiness consisted in the knowledge that he was now privileged to bear witness of His Lord and the Gospel committed to him before such an audience. What an opportunity it was to him, and how he... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Acts 26:6
26:6 {3} And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:(3) There are three chief and principal witnesses of true doctrine: God, the true fathers, and the consent of the true Church of God. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Acts 26:8
26:8 {4} Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?(4) He proves the resurrection of the dead, first by the power of God, then by the resurrection of Christ, of which he is a sufficient witness. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 26:8
Paul’s reference to the resurrection was appropriate because Jesus’ identification as the Messiah depended on His resurrection. None of Paul’s hearers could reasonably doubt the resurrection of the dead since God had raised Jesus from the dead. Furthermore, why could not an all-powerful God raise the dead? read more