Acts 26:19

26:19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, ¹  I was not disobedient ²  to the heavenly ³  vision,

Acts 26:27

26:27 Do you believe the prophets, ⁴  King Agrippa? ⁵  I know that you believe.”

Acts 26:2

26:2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, ⁶  I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

Acts 25:23

Paul Before King Agrippa and Bernice

25:23 So the next day Agrippa ⁷  and Bernice came with great pomp ⁸  and entered the audience hall, ⁹  along with the senior military officers ¹⁰  and the prominent men of the city. When Festus ¹¹  gave the order, ¹²  Paul was brought in.

Acts 25:26

25:26 But I have nothing definite ¹³  to write to my lord ¹⁴  about him. ¹⁵  Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, ¹⁶  so that after this preliminary hearing ¹⁷  I may have something to write.

Acts 25:24

25:24 Then Festus ¹⁸  said, “King Agrippa, ¹⁹  and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace ²⁰  petitioned ²¹  me both in Jerusalem ²²  and here, ²³  shouting loudly ²⁴  that he ought not to live any longer.

[26:19]  ¹ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:19]  ² sn I was not disobedient. Paul’s defense is that he merely obeyed the risen Jesus. He was arrested for obeying heavenly direction and preaching the opportunity to turn to God.

[26:19]  ³ tn According to L&N 1.5, “In Ac 26:19 the adjective οὐράνιος could be interpreted as being related simply to the meaning of οὐρανός^a ‘sky,’ but it seems preferable to regard οὐράνιος in this context as meaning simply ‘from heaven’ or ‘heavenly.’”

[26:27]  ⁴ sn “Do you believe the prophets?” Note how Paul made the issue believing the OT prophets and God’s promise which God fulfilled in Christ. He was pushing King Agrippa toward a decision not for or against Paul’s guilt of any crime, but concerning Paul’s message.

[26:27]  ⁵ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:2]  ⁷ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:23]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:23]  ¹¹ tn Or “great pageantry” (BDAG 1049 s.v. φαντασία; the term is a NT hapax legomenon).

[25:23]  ¹² tn Or “auditorium.” “Auditorium” may suggest to the modern English reader a theater where performances are held. Here it is the large hall where a king or governor would hold audiences. Paul once spoke of himself as a “spectacle” to the world (1 Cor 4:8-13).

[25:23]  ¹³ tn Grk “the chiliarchs” (officers in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.

[25:23]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:23]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and Festus ordering, Paul was brought in.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has not been translated. The participle κελεύσαντος (keleusanto") has been taken temporally.

[25:26]  ¹³ sn There is irony here. How can Festus write anything definite about Paul, if he is guilty of nothing.

[25:26]  ¹⁴ sn To my lord means “to His Majesty the Emperor.”

[25:26]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “about whom I have nothing definite…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced with a personal pronoun (“him”) and a new sentence begun in the translation at the beginning of v. 26.

[25:26]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:26]  ¹⁷ tn Or “investigation.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνάκρισις has “a judicial hearing, investigation, hearing, esp. preliminary hearing…τῆς ἀ. γενομένης Ac 25:26.” This is technical legal language.

[25:24]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:24]  ¹⁷ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:24]  ¹⁸ tn Probably best understood as rhetorical hyperbole. BDAG 825 s.v. πλῆθος 2.b.γ states, “people, populace, population…τὸ πλῆθος the populace…ἅπαν τὸ πλ. τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων Ac 25:24.” However, the actions of the leadership are seen by Luke as representing the actions of the entire nation, so the remark is not inaccurate.

[25:24]  ¹⁹ tn Or “appealed to” (BDAG 341 s.v. ἐντυγχάνω 1.a).

[25:24]  ²⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:24]  ²¹ sn Here means “here in Caesarea.”

[25:24]  ²² tn Or “screaming.”