Acts 26:2-29 ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:2

“I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before you this day touching all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech you to hear me patiently.” Paul begins tactfully and carefully. Yet he states nothing that was not the opinion of all present, for Agrippa had the reputation of being such an expert. He therefore simply acknowledged what all present recognised.... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:4-5

“My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews, having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the most strict sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.” He first declares that all who knew him could testify of the fact that he had lived strictly and honestly as a Pharisee, that is (for the Gentiles among his hearers) as one of the strictest adherents of Judaism. This would impress... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:6-8

And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God to our fathers, to which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king! Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?” He then declared the hope which was his, and in which he believed. It was a very Jewish hope. He was being judged ‘for the hope of the promise made of God to our fathers’, that is, the hope of... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:9-11

“I truly thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, and this I also did in Jerusalem. And I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them. And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.” He then described how he himself... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:12-14

“Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and those who journeyed with me, and when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.’ ” And then it had happened. He describes how as he was travelling, with... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:15

“And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.’ ” So he had asked for identification, for he could not conceive who this Lord was Who was speaking to him. For was he not himself obeying the voice of the Lord in persecuting the Christians? And the voice had then told him, that he was Jesus Whom He was persecuting. It had been the last thing that he had expected to hear. As far as he was concerned Jesus was just a rotting corpse. This was then a clear... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:16

“But arise, and stand on your feet, for to this end have I appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of the things in which you have seen me, and of the things in which I will appear to you.” It was then that he had been given his commission. Like Ezekiel of old he was told to stand on his feet (Ezekiel 22:3). For Jesus was in a position of total authority. And Jesus had told him that the reason why He had appeared to him was in order to appoint him as a minister/servant,... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:17-18

“Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” He had then learned that his commission was clearly to be one which would involve great dangers. For he would need to be ‘delivered’ from both Jews and Gentiles, (Agrippa and Festus please note), as he fulfilled his... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:19-21

“Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared both to those of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.” And it was because of this commission and the heavenly vision that accompanied it, that he had gone everywhere proclaiming the Good News of... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:22-23

“Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand, to this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come, how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.” And central to all this is Jesus the Christ and the resurrection (compare Acts 17:18). That is why he has received help from God. It was in order that he might proclaim... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:4-5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:6-8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:9-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:12-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:17-18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:19-21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 26:22-23

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