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Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on Acts 26". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ain/acts-26.html. 1878.
Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on Acts 26". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/
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Verse 3
Verse 3
I know thee to be expert, &c. Agrippa being himself a Jew.
Verse 6
Verse 6
And am judged; am upon trial.--The hope of the promise, &c.; meaning the promise that a Messiah was to come. His belief that Jesus was the Messiah--that is, his belief in the realization of that hope--had been the true origin of the difficulty.
Verse 7
Verse 7
Our twelve tribes. Such phraseology was still used to denote the Jewish nation, though ten of the tribes had long before been scattered and lost.
Verse 11
Verse 11
Compelled; urged and pressed them.--To blaspheme; to abjure Christ.
Verse 14
Verse 14
The pricks; the goads.
Verse 22
Verse 22
To small and great; to high and low.
Verse 23
Verse 23
That should rise from the dead, and should show; that is, probably, whose resurrection should show.
Verse 24
Verse 24
With a loud voice; in order that the whole assembly might hear the taunt.
Verse 26
Verse 26
The king.--Agrippa.--Knoweth of these things; of the facts respecting the death and resurrection of Christ, and Paul's conversion.
Verse 28
Verse 28
It is not probable that Agrippa was in earnest in this remark; for, even if a serious impression had been made upon his mind, he would not probably have expressed the interest which he felt, so abruptly on such an occasion. The supposition that he was not serious is confirmed by Paul's answer, which has the character of a serious reply to a jesting remark.
Verse 29
Verse 29
Except these bonds; except being a prisoner,--bonds denoting, in this case, simply restraint, as it is not probable that he was actually bound. He was confined with chains at first, by Lysias, (Acts 21:33;) but when it appeared that he was a Roman citizen, they were removed. (Acts 22:29,36.)