Acts 26 Paul’s Early Life
Acts 26:1-3 (KJV), “1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.”
First important question Paul poses to Agrippa
Acts 26:8 (KJV), “Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?”
Paul tells Agrippa of his past
Acts 26:10-11 (KJV), “10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.”
Paul Recounts His Conversion
Acts 26:15-18 (KJV), “15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
Paul’s Post-Conversion Life
Acts 26:22-23 (KJV), “22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.”
Isaiah 42:6 (KJV), “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.”
Agrippa pretty much agrees with Paul
Acts 26:28 (KJV), “Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.”
Titus 2 Qualities of a Sound Church
Paul gives Titus the qualities of all men and women
Titus 2:15 (KJV), “These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”
Jeremiah 2 God’s Case Against Israel
Jeremiah 2:1-3 (KJV), “Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.”
Jeremiah 2:9 (KJV), “Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.”
Brown-Driver-Briggs – 3. conduct a (legal) case, suit. Jeremiah 2:9 (NKJV), “Therefore I will yet [a]bring charges against you,” says the Lord, “And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
”Jeremiah 2:12 (KJV), “Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.”
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