Acts 26:24

spake for himself . Same as "answer for himself", verses: Acts 26:1 , Acts 26:2 .

Festus, &c . To Festus the resurrection of dead persons was as much beyond the range of possibility as it is to myriads to-day. "Modern views" have relegated the resurrection, as the hope of the believer, to the the background.

beside thyself = mad. Greek. mainomai. See Acts 12:15 .

learning . Literally letters (Greek. gramma) . As we say "a man of letters". Compare John 7:15 .

make = turn or pervert. Greek. peritrepo . Only here. A medical word.

mad = to (Greek. eis) madness. Greek. mania. Only here.