Acts 26:9 - Exposition

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.).