Acts 26:1 - Exposition

And for then, A.V.; his for the, A.V.; made his defense for answered for himself, A.V. Agrippa said . It was by the courtesy of Festus that Agrippa thus took the chief place. It was, perhaps, with the like courtesy that Agrippa said, impersonally, Thou art permitted , without specifying whether by himself or by Festus. Stretched forth his hand . The action of an orator, rendered in this case still more impressive by the chains which hung upon his arms. Luke here relates what he saw. Made his defense ( ἀπελογεῖτο ); Acts 25:8 ; Acts 24:10 , note.