Kisah Para Rasul 26:26

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Raja juga tahu tentang segala perkara ini, sebab itu aku berani berbicara terus terang kepadanya. Aku yakin, bahwa tidak ada sesuatupun dari semuanya ini yang belum didengarnya, karena perkara ini tidak terjadi di tempat yang terpencil.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
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Contextual Overview

²⁴ And as he thus spake for hym selfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besyde thy selfe, much learnyng doth make thee mad. ²⁵ But he sayde: I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speake foorth the wordes of trueth and sobernesse. ²⁶ For the kyng knoweth of these thynges, before whom also I speake freely, neither thynke I, that any of these thynges are hydden from him: For this thyng was not done in a corner. ²⁷ Kyng Agrippa, beleuest thou the prophetes? I wote wel that thou beleuest. ²⁸ Then Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Somewhat thou perswadest me to be a christian. ²⁹ And Paul sayde: I woulde to God, that not only thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both somewhat, and also in a great deale, such as I am, except these bondes. ³⁰ And when he had thus spoken, the king rose vp, and the deputie, & Bernice, and they that sate with them. ³¹ And when they were gone apart, they talked betwene the selues, saying: This man doth nothyng worthy of death, or of bondes. ³² Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus: This man myght haue ben let loose, yf he had not appealed vnto Caesar.

Bible Verse Review
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the king: Acts 26:2, Acts 26:3, Acts 25:22

this thing: Acts 2:1-12, Acts 4:16-21, Acts 5:18-42, Isaiah 30:20, Matthew 26:5, Matthew 27:29-54

Reciprocal: Daniel 3:27 - the princes Matthew 9:26 - the fame hereof Luke 6:8 - Rise John 18:20 - and in Acts 2:22 - a man Acts 2:29 - freely Acts 4:29 - that Acts 10:37 - ye know Acts 26:19 - O king 2 Corinthians 5:11 - we persuade 2 Timothy 1:5 - I am

Cross-References

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, and saide to hym: See, thou art but a dead man for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken away, for she is a mans wyfe.

Genesis 26:22
And then he departed thence, & digged another well, for the which they stroue not. Therfore called he it roomth, saying: the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth.

Genesis 26:32
And the same daye Isahacs seruauntes came and tolde hym of a well which they had dygged, and sayde vnto hym, we haue founde water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the king knoweth of these things,.... Something of them, of the sufferings and resurrection of the Messiah, and of his showing light to Jews and Gentiles, as they are spoken of by Moses and the prophets, whose writings Agrippa was conversant with, and of these things as fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth; at least he had heard the report of them, how that they were said to be accomplished in him.

Before whom also I speak freely; because of the knowledge he had of these things:

for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; as that Moses and the prophets have foretold then, and that they have had their fulfilment in Jesus;

for this thing was not done in a corner: the ministry of Jesus was, public, his miracles were done openly, his suffering the death of the cross under Pontius Pilate was generally known, and his resurrection from the dead was a well attested fact, and the ministration of his Gospel to Jews and Gentiles was notorious. The Arabic and Ethiopic versions refer this to Paul's words and actions, that what he had said and done were not private but public, and of which Agrippa had had, by one means or another, a full account; but the other sense is best.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the king - King Agrippa.

Knoweth - He had been many years in that region, and the fame of Jesus and of Paul’s conversion were probably well known to him.

These things - The things pertaining to the early persecutions of Christians; the spread of the gospel; and the remarkable conversion of Paul. Though Agrippa might not have been fully informed respecting these things, yet he had an acquaintance with Moses and the prophets; he knew the Jewish expectation respecting the Messiah; and he could not be ignorant respecting the remarkable public events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, and of his having been put to death by order of Pontius Pilate on the cross.

I speak freely - I speak openly - boldly. I use no disguise; and I speak the more confidently before him, because, from his situation, he must be acquainted with the truth of what I say. Truth is always bold and free, and it is an evidence of honesty when a man is willing to declare everything without reserve before those who are qualified to detect him if he is an impostor. Such evidence of truth and honesty was given by Paul.

For I am persuaded - I am convinced; I doubt not that he is well acquainted with these things.

Are hidden from him - That he is unacquainted with them.

For this thing - The thing to which Paul had mainly referred in this defense, his own conversion to the Christian religion.

Was not done in a corner - Did not occur secretly and obscurely, but was public, and was of such a character as to attract attention. The conversion of a leading persecutor, such as Paul had been, and in the manner in which that conversion had taken place, could not but attract attention and remark; and although the Jews would endeavor as much as possible to conceal it, yet Paul might presume that it could not be entirely unknown to Agrippa.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 26:26. Before whom also I speak freely — This is a farther judicious apology for himself and his discourse. As if he had said: Conscious that the king understands all these subjects well, being fully versed in the law and the prophets, I have used the utmost freedom of speech, and have mentioned the tenets of my religion in their own appropriate terms.

This thing was not done in a corner. — The preaching, miracles, passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, were most public and notorious; and of them Agrippa could not be ignorant; and indeed it appears, from his own answer, that he was not, but was now more fully persuaded of the truth than ever, and almost led to embrace Christianity.