Lectionary Calendar
Monday, June 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kisah Para Rasul 26:27

Percayakah engkau, raja Agripa, kepada para nabi? Aku tahu, bahwa engkau percaya kepada mereka."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Court;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agrippa;   Herods of the New Testament;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faith;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Christian;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Oration, Orator;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caesarea;   Damascus;   Nero;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Faith ;   Herod;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Herod, Family of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Festus;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Percayakah engkau, raja Agripa, kepada para nabi? Aku tahu, bahwa engkau percaya kepada mereka."
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Ya Tuanku Baginda Agerippa, percayakah Tuanku akan nabi-nabi itu? Patik ketahui bahwa Tuanku percaya."

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
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

believest: Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23

Reciprocal: Psalms 147:20 - not dealt so Daniel 3:24 - O king John 5:39 - they which Acts 24:14 - believing Acts 25:13 - king Acts 26:19 - O king

Cross-References

Genesis 26:14
For he had possessio of sheepe, of oxen, and a myghtie housholde: and therfore the Philistines had enuie at hym.
Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech sayde vnto Isahac: Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then we a great deale.
Judges 11:7
Iephthah aunswered the elders of Gilead: Dyd not ye hate me, & expell me out of my fathers house? howe then come you vnto me nowe in time of your tribulation?
Acts 7:9
And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym,
Acts 7:14
Then sent Ioseph, and caused his father to be brought, and all his kynne, three score and fyfteene soules.
Acts 7:27
But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust hym awaye, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a iudge ouer vs?
Acts 7:35
This Moyses, whom they forsoke saying, who made thee a ruler and a iudge? the same dyd God sende, to be a ruler, and a deliuerer, by the handes of the angell, whiche appeared to hym in the busshe.
Revelation 3:9
Beholde, I make them of the synagogue of Satan, which call them selues Iewes and are not, but do lye: Behold, I wyll make them that they shal come and worshyp before thy feete, and shall knowe that I haue loued thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets?.... What they have said concerning the person, office, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ, and that what they have said is fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth?

I know that thou believest; that what the prophets said were true, and are accomplished.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

King Agrippa - This bold personal address is an instance of Paul’s happy manner of appeal. He does it to bring in the testimony of Agrippa to meet the charge of Festus that he was deranged.

Believest thou the prophets? - The prophecies respecting the character, the sufferings, and the death of the Messiah.

I know that thou believest - Agrippa was a Jew; and, as such, he of course believed the prophets. Perhaps, too, from what Paul knew of his personal character, he might confidently affirm that he professed to be a believer. Instead, therefore, of waiting for his answer, Paul anticipated it, and said that he knew that Agrippa professed to believe all these prophecies respecting the Messiah. His design is evident. It is:

(1) To meet the charge of derangement, and to bring in the testimony of Agrippa, who well understood the subject, to the importance and the truth of what he was saying.

(2) To press on the conscience of his royal hearer the evidence of the Christian religion, and to secure, if possible, his conversion. “Since thou believest the prophecies, and since I have shown that they are fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth; that he corresponds in person, character, and work, with the prophets, it follows that his religion is true.” Paul lost no opportunity in pressing the truth on every class of people. He had such a conviction of the truth of Christianity that he was deterred by no rank, station, or office; by no fear of the rich, the great, and the learned; but everywhere urged the evidence of that religion as indisputable. In this lay the secret of no small part of his success. A man who really believes the truth will be ready to defend it. A man who truly loves religion will not be ashamed of it anywhere.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 26:27. Believest thou the prophets? — Having made his elegant compliment and vindication to Festus, he turns to Agrippa; and, with this strong appeal to his religious feeling, says, Believest thou the prophets? and immediately anticipates his reply, and, with great address, speaks for him, I know that thou believest. The inference from this belief necessarily was: "As thou believest the prophets, and I have proved that the prophets have spoken about Christ, as suffering and, triumphing over death, and that all they say of the Messiah has been fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth, then thou must acknowledge that my doctrine is true."


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile