the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Acts 26:1
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Agrippa turned to Paul and said, "Tell me your side of the story, cowboy. Tell it plain and true."Paul began his story,
Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and proceeded to make his defense:
Now Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." Then Paul, stretching out his hand, began to make his defense:
And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:
And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself:
Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak about yourself." So Paul, with outstretched arm, proceeded to make his defence.
Then Agrippa said vnto Paul, Thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched foorth the hand, and answered for himselfe,
And Agrippa said to Paul, It is allowed for you yourself to speak. Then Paul made a defense, stretching out the hand:
Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Thou hast leue to speake for thy selfe.The Paul stretched forth the hande, and answered for himselfe:
Then Agrippa said to Paul, you are at liberty to make your defence. upon which Paul disengaging his hand from his cloak, thus made his plea.
Agrippa spoke directly to Paul: "Go ahead—tell us about yourself." Paul took the stand and told his story. "I can't think of anyone, King Agrippa, before whom I'd rather be answering all these Jewish accusations than you, knowing how well you are acquainted with Jewish ways and all our family quarrels.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are [now] permitted to speak on your own behalf." At that, Paul stretched out his hand [as an orator] and made his defense [as follows]:
And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:
Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: thou arte permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched forth the honde and answered for him selfe.
And Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defense:
Then Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You may now speak to defend yourself." Then Paul raised his hand and began to speak.
So Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Agrippa told Paul, "You may now speak for yourself." Paul stretched out his hand and said:
Agrippa said to Sha'ul, "You have permission to speak on your own behalf." Then Sha'ul motioned with his hand and began his defense:
So Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:
Then Agrippa sayd vnto Paul, Thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. So Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himselfe.
THEN A-grip''pa said to Paul, You have permission to speak in your own behalf. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and answered, saying,
Agrippa said to Sha'ul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Sha'ul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.
And Agripos said to Paulos, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paulos stretched forth his hand and made defence, and said,
And Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak in thy own behalf. Then Paul extended his hand, and made defence, saying:
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak in your defense." So Paul, gesturing with his hand, started his defense:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You may now speak for yourself." Paul lifted his hand and started to talk,
And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began to defend himself:
And, Agrippa, to Paul, said - It is permitted thee, on thine own behalf, to be speaking. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, went on to make his defence.
Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer.
So Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." Then Paul extended his hand and began to defend himself:
Then Agrippa sayde vnto Paul, thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched foorth the hande, and aunswered [for hym selfe]
Agrippa said to Paul, "You may now speak to defend yourself." Paul raised his hand to get their attention and began to speak.
Now Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." Then Paul extended his hand and proceeded to make his defense:
Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak on your own behalf." Paul stretched out his hand and defended himself as follows:
And Agrippa seide to Poul, It is suffrid to thee, to speke for thi silf. Thanne Poul helde forth the hoond, and bigan to yelde resoun.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Thou: Acts 25:16, Proverbs 18:13, Proverbs 18:17, John 7:51
stretched: Proverbs 1:24, Ezekiel 16:27, Romans 10:21
answered: Acts 26:2, Acts 22:1
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:12 - Say on Psalms 119:46 - speak Luke 12:12 - General Acts 9:15 - and kings Acts 17:19 - May Acts 18:14 - when Acts 19:33 - his Acts 24:10 - had Acts 25:13 - king Romans 1:1 - Paul Philippians 1:17 - that
Cross-References
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then Agrippa said unto Paul,.... After Festus had made the above speech to him, and to all present, and had introduced the affair of Paul, who now stood before them:
thou art permitted to speak for thyself; which a prisoner might not do, until he had leave; and this leave was granted by Festus the Roman governor, who was properly the judge, and not Agrippa, though the permission might be by both; and so the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "we have ordered", or "permitted thee", c.
Then Paul stretched forth the hand as orators used to do, when they were about to speak; or else to require silence; or it may be to show the freedom of his mind, and how ready he was to embrace the opportunity of pleading his own cause; being conscious to himself of his innocence, and relying on the ingenuity and integrity of his judge; and especially of the king, before whom he stood:
and answered for himself; or made an apology, or spoke in vindication of himself, in order to remove the charges brought against him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then Paul stretched forth the hand - See the notes on Acts 21:40. This was the usual posture of orators or public speakers. The ancient statues are commonly made in this way, with the right hand extended. The dress of the ancients favored this. The long and loose robe, or outer garment, was fastened usually with a hook or clasp on the right shoulder, and thus left the arm at full liberty.
And answered for himself - It cannot be supposed that Paul expected that his defense would be attended with a release from confinement, for he had himself appealed to the Roman emperor, Acts 25:11. His design in speaking before Agrippa was, doubtless:
- To vindicate his character, and obtain Agrippa’s attestation to his innocence, that thus he might allay the anger of the Jews;
- To obtain a correct representation of the case to the emperor, as Festus had desired this in order that Agrippa might enable him to make a fair statement of the case Acts 25:26-27; and,
- To defend his own conversion, and the truth of Christianity, and to preach the gospel in the hearing of Agrippa and his attendants, with a hope that their minds might be impressed by the truth, and that they might be converted to God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXVI.
Paul answers for himself before Agrippa, to whom he pays a true
compliment, in order to secure a favourable hearing, 1-3;
gives an account of his education from his youth up, 4, 5;
shows that the Jews persecuted him for his maintaining the
hope of the resurrection, 6-8;
states his persecution of the Christians, 9-11;
gives an account of his miraculous conversion, 12-16;
and of his call to the ministry, 16-18.
His obedience to that call, and his success in preaching the
doctrine of Christ crucified, 19-23.
While he is thus speaking, Festus interrupts him, and declares
him to be mad through his abundant learning, 24;
which charge he modestly refutes with inimitable address, and
appeals to King Agrippa for the truth and correctness of his
speech, 25-27.
On which, Agrippa confesses himself almost converted to
Christianity, 28.
Paul's affectionate and elegant address to him on this
declaration, 29.
The council breaks up, and they all pronounce him innocent,
30-32.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXVI.
Verse Acts 26:1. Then Paul stretched forth the hand — This act, as we have already seen on Acts 21:40, was merely to gain attention; it was no rhetorical flourish, nor designed for one. From knowing, partly by descriptions, and partly by ancient statues, how orators and others who address a concourse of people stood, we can easily conceive the attitude of St. Paul. When the right hand was stretched out, the left remained under the cloak, which being thrown off the right shoulder, to give the arm the fuller liberty, it then rested on the left: under these circumstances, the hand could be stretched out gracefully, but was confined to no one attitude, though the third and fourth fingers were generally clenched.
