{"id":2002,"date":"2012-03-09T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2022-03-03T09:49:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:49:58","slug":"acts-2624-32-%e2%80%94-festus-and-agrippa-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2002","title":{"rendered":"Acts 26:24-32 \u2014 Festus and Agrippa Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"

24<\/sup> Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, \u201cPaul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

25<\/sup> But he said, \u201cI am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

26<\/sup> For the king, before whom I also speak freely, knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

27<\/sup> King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

28<\/sup> Then Agrippa said to Paul, \u201cYou almost persuade me to become a Christian.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

29<\/sup> And Paul said, \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

30<\/sup> When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

31<\/sup> and when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, \u201cThis man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

32<\/sup> Then Agrippa said to Festus, \u201cThis man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Festus thought it unbelievable that Christ could rise from the dead (v.24). His interruption probably wasn’t simple rudeness but astonishment at what Paul had been saying, perhaps mixed with concern about how it would sound to Agrippa.<\/h3>\n

much learning (v.24) = lit. “much writing” \u2014 Festus may have been referring to the writing Paul was doing in prison. In any case, he could tell Paul was well-educated.<\/h3>\n

is driving you (v.24) = lit. “is turning you upside-down”<\/h3>\n

soberness (v.25) \u2014 the opposite of madness<\/h3>\n

Agrippa professed to believe the prophets (v.27), and he certainly knew about Jesus Christ and about Paul’s ministry. Paul urged him to put these facts together and arrive at the obvious conclusion.<\/h3>\n

you almost persuade me (v.28) \u2014 Agrippa probably said this half-in-jest\u00a0to parry Paul’s question. It could be translated, “With a little persuasion would you try to make a Christian of me!”<\/h3>\n

might have been set free (v.32) \u2014 Thus Festus’s acknowledgement that Paul was innocent from the point of view of Roman law (Acts 25:25<\/span><\/a>) is confirmed by the decision of Agrippa, speaking from the Jewish point of view. The appeal to Caesar, however, had taken the matter out of local jurisdiction. Possibly, Agrippa’s opinion influenced the terms of the letter which Festus drafted to Rome about Paul’s case. \u2014 Walker, page 542.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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