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Acts 26:25
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23 athat the Christ would suffer, bthat He would be the first to rise from the dead, and cwould proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”  

Agrippa Parries Paul’s Challenge

24 Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, ayou are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”  
25 But he said, “I am not1 mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason.  
26 For the king, before whom I also speak freely, aknows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.  
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”
29 And Paul said, a“I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”  
30 When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them;
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John Wesley's Notes
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Acts 26:25

I am not mad, most excellent Festus - The style properly belonging to a Roman propretor. How inexpressibly beautiful is this reply! How strong! yet how decent and respectful! Mad men seldom call men by their names, and titles of honour. Thus also St. Paul refutes the charge. But utter the words of truth (confirmed in the next verse) and sobriety - The very reverse of madness. And both these remain, even when the men of God act with the utmost vehemence.


 
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