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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The credibility of the resurrection. If it be an incredible doctrine, it must be so because to raise men from the dead is physically impossible or morally unlikely in a very high degree. But— I. IT IS NOT PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE . 1. The continuance of the spirit in existence after death is certainly not impossible; indeed, it is the discontinuance which has seemed so impossible that to many thinkers its permanency appears to be a necessity. The difficulty, to many minds,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

Resurrection in the light of revelation. "Why should it be thought," etc.? Grounds of the incredible. Contradiction of reason. Contradiction of experience. Absolute isolation of a fact. A statement is credible because it is rational, because it has been predicted, because it is analogous to and harmonious with experience, because it is morally and practically serviceable to humanity. I. THE APPEAL TO FAITH . You believe so much; why not this? The Jewish Scriptures contained... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The incredibility of the resurrection. This sudden appeal appears to be made for two reasons. 1. Because Agrippa professed to believe in the Scriptures, which certainly contained records of resurrections (see 1 Kings 17:17-23 ; 2 Kings 4:18-37 ). 2. Because the Sadducee party was the one which was most active against the apostle, and they were chiefly offended by his preaching the doctrine of the resurrection, based upon the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah. Possibly St. Paul... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:9

I verily . He gently excuses their unbelief by confessing that he himself had once felt like them, and insinuates the hope that they would change their minds as he had, and proceeds to give them good reason for doing so. Contrary to the Name ( Galatians 1:13 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 ). Jesus of Nazareth . By so designating the Lord of glory, he avows himself a member of "the sect of the Nazarenes" (see Acts 2:22 ; Acts 3:6 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 10:33 , etc.). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:9-10

Gradations in guilt. The old notion that, as sin is committed against an infinite God, it must itself be an infinite evil, and that, therefore, all sins are equally heinous and offensive, is held no longer. Its logic is unsound, and our moral sense contradicts the theory. The fact is that the degrees of human guilt in the multitude of actions men perform, under a vast variety of conditions, are indefinitely numerous. Only the Omniscient can possibly discriminate and compute them. But there... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:10

And this for which thing, A.V.; I both shut up for did I shut up, A.V. (with a change of order); prisons for prison, A.V.; vote for voice, A.V. I … shut up . The ἐγώ is emphatic. The verb κατακλείω , peculiar to St. Luke (see Luke 3:20 ) is much used by medical writers. Were put to death ; ἀναιρουμένων , a word frequent in St. Luke's writings, and much used in medical works, as well as ἀναίρεσις ( Acts 8:1 ). The phrase καταφέρειν ψῆφον is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:11

Punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme for I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, A.V.; foreign for strange, A.V. In all the synagogues . Those in Jerusalem, as the contrast of the foreign cities shows. (For the facts, see Acts 8:1 , Acts 8:3 .) I strove , etc. The "compelled" of the A.V. is the natural rendering of ἠνάγκαζον ( Matthew 14:22 ; Luke 14:23 ; Acts 28:19 , etc.); but it does not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:11

The reckless rushing to assume the moral responsibilities of others—an exceeding madness. We are to understand this extraordinary verse to reveal rather what Paul confesses it was in his heart to do, and in the nature of his own actions to cause others to do, than what he succeeded in doing, in all respects. The two or three touches give us a wonderfully and strangely vivid picture. And suggest, not so much for Paul who confessed and forsook his evil way, but for many others who do neither... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:12

Journeyed for went, A.V.; with the authority … of for with authority … from, A.V. and T.R. Commission ; ἐπιτροπῆς , here only in the New Testament. But ἐπίτροπος is a "steward" ( Matthew 20:8 ; Luke 8:3 ); and hence the Roman procurator was called in Greek, ἐπίτροπος , and so were governors generally, as those who acted with a delegated authority. The chief priests . In Acts 9:1 Saul is said to have applied to "the chief priest" for authority. The high... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:13

On for in, A.V.; that for which, A.V. At midday . "About noon" ( Acts 22:6 ). It enhanced the wonder of that light from heaven that it should be seen above the brightness of the sun at midday, in such a latitude. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 26:13

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