Acts 26:29

29. Not only thou, but all Were not only in little, but in much such as I am. Such is the literal Greek. But the true Greek text is not εν πολλω , in much, but in μεγαλω , in great. Paul’s meaning then is, I wish you were a Christian not merely in a little degree, but in a great entirely.

Except these bonds How delicate a reproof of the men who were consciously holding him bound with undeserved chains. Dr. Hackett quotes a very appropriate passage from Tacitus concerning a Roman named Vibius Serenus, who was prosecuted before the Senate by his son. “The indicted father and his indicting son were brought into the Senate. Recently recalled from exile, and bound with a chain, while his son was making the plea, the father, with undaunted spirit, turning toward his son, shook his chain and invoked the vengeance of the gods.” Thus terminates this rare encounter. The prisoner was master of the field, and of the king. The latter made a quiet retreat.