ACTS 26:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:”
'So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. - Paul affirms his obedience (apeitheo, apeitheo-negated: 'not disobedient') to 'the heavenly vision' (optasia, optasia-'apparition, vision'). His decisive statement anchors everything that follows: his persecutions, his imprisonment, his present trial-all flow from his faithful response to the vision. Obedience is his defense against all charges: he is guilty only of obeying God.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:19
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26:6-8 Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet (in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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