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ACTs 26:1–26:11 ©

Paul’s defence before Festus and Agrippa

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26:1 Paul’s defence before Festus and Agrippa

26So then Agrippa told Paul, “Ok, you can give your side now then.”

So Paul gestured with his hand and began:

2Concerning all the charges which have been brought against me by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate 3because you’re an expert on Jewish customs and issues, so I ask you to listen to me patiently.

4“All the Jews know about my early life, from my upbringing in my own country and then in Yerushalem. 5They also know, and could even testify to you if they would admit it, that I followed our religious laws very closely as a member of the Pharisees party. 6Yet now I stand judged for believing in the same hope as our ancestors—that hope promised by our God 7who we twelve tribes diligently serve day and night in order to obtain—the hope, oh king, for which I’m being indicted. 8So why do you all find it unbelievable that God can raise the dead?

9“I too originally thought it necessary to do many things to oppose the cause of this Yeshua from Nazareth. 10So in Yerushalem I worked to have many of these innocent believers locked up in prison with the authority of the chief priests, or if they were to be killed, I would add my vote against them. 11And in all the Jewish meeting halls, when I found believers I punished them and forced them to curse God and treated them with extreme anger, even travelling to further away towns.

26And Agrippas was_saying to the Paulos:
It_is_being_permitted to_you to_be_speaking concerning yourself.
Then the Paulos having_stretched_out his hand was_defending,
2Concerning all things of_which I_am_being_indicted by the_Youdaiōns, king Agrippas, I_have_considered myself blessed going to_be_defending before you, today.
3Most_of_all you being knowledgeable_one of_all the among the_Youdaiōns, of_ both _customs and questions, therefore I_am_beseeching you patiently to_hear from_me.
4Therefore indeed the livelihood of_me, from youth which from the_beginning having_become among the nation of_me and in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), all Youdaiōns have_known, 5knowing_before me originally, if they_may_be_willing to_be_testifying that according_to the most_exact sect the of_our religion, I_lived a_Farisaios_party_member.
6And now for the_hope of_the promise to the fathers of_us, having_become by the god, I_have_stood being_judged, 7to which the twelve_tribes of_us serving night and day in earnestness, is_hoping to_attain, concerning which the_hope I_am_being_indicted by the_Youdaiōns, king.
8Why is_it_being_judged unbelievable by you_all, if the god is_raising the_dead?
9Therefore indeed I supposed to_myself it_to_be_fitting to_do many contrary things to the name of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) of_ the _from_Nazaret.
10Which also I_did in Hierousalaʸm, and many both of_the holy ones I locked_up in prisons, having_received the authority from the chief_priests, and of_them being_killed, I_brought_ a_vote _against them.
11And in all the synagogues, often punishing them, I_was_compelling them to_be_slandering, and exceedingly raging_against against_them, I_was_persecuting them as_far_as even to the outside cities.

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Paul Is Imprisoned for the Gospel

As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.

ACTs 26:1–26:11 ©

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