Acts 26:26 - Exposition

Unto for before, A.V.; is hidden for are hidden, A.V. ; this hath not been for this thing was not, A.V. For the king , etc. Something in Agrippa's manner showed St. Paul that he was not unaffected by what he had heard. And so with his usual quickness and tact he appeals to him to confirm the "words of truth and soberness" which he had just addressed to the skeptical Festus. I speak freely . He was indeed a prisoner and in chains, as he so touchingly said (in Acts 26:29 ), but the word of God in his mouth was not bound. παρρησιαζόμενος (see Acts 9:27 ; Acts 13:46 ; Acts 14:3 ; Acts 18:26 ; Acts 19:8 ; and the frequent use of παρρησία ) .