Acts 26:25

Acts 26:25

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;

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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But speak forth (alla apofqeggomai). Verb for dignified and elevated discourse, a word from the literary Koin‚, not the vernacular. In N.T. only here and Acts 2:4, Acts 2:14 which see. It occurs three times in Vettius Valens in a "mantic" sense. Paul was not ruffled by the rude and excited interruption of Festus, but speaks with perfect courtesy in his reply "words of truth and soberness." The old word swfrosunh (soundness of mind) from swfrwn (and that from swv and frhn) is directly opposed to "madness" (mania) and in N.T. occurs only here and I Timothy 2:15.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 26:25:**

Luke 1:3
Acts 2:4
Acts 23:26

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