Acts 26:3

Acts 26:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
• English Standard Version (ESV)especially because you are familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
• New King James Version (NKJV)especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

Context of Acts 26:3

1Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense: 2“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews, especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently. 4Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem. 5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.

Acts 26:3 word by word

μάλιστα γνώστην ὄντα σε πάντων τῶν κατὰ Ἰουδαίους ἐθῶν τε καὶ ζητημάτων. διὸ δέομαι μακροθύμως ἀκοῦσαί μου.¶Read the interlinear

• especiallyμάλισταmalista · especiallyG3122
• youσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• acquaintedγνώστηςgnōstēs · expert inG1109
• with allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Jewishκατάkata · according toG2596
• JewishἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• customsἔθοςethos · customG1485
• andτεte · and/bothG5037
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• controversiesζήτημαzētēma · a question/disputeG2213
• I begδέομαιdeomai · to prayG1189
• thereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• to listen toἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• patientlyμακροθυμώςmakrothumōs · patientlyG3116

Cross-references for Acts 26:3

• Acts 26:26For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
• Acts 6:14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
• Acts 21:21But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
• Acts 24:10When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
• Acts 25:19They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
• Acts 28:17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
• Deuteronomy 17:18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
• 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
• Acts 24:4But in order not to delay you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.

Commentaries on Acts 26:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3To be expert - To be skilled or well acquainted. In all customs - Rites, institutions, laws, etc. Everything pertaining to the Mosaic ritual, etc. And questions - Subjects of debate, and of various opinions. The inquiries which had existed between the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, etc. Paul could say this of Agrippa without falsehood or flattery. Agrippa was a Jew; he had passed much of his time in the kingdom over which he presided; and though he had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23In his careful defense before King Agrippa, Paul argued that his message agreed fully with the Jewish faith. He began by respectfully recognizing Agrippa’s knowledge of Jewish matters (26:2–3). He then described his early life, his training in Judaism, and his membership in the Pharisees (a Jewish group known for strict obedience to the law; 26:4–5). Paul explained that the charges against him were only because he believed that God had fulfilled the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-32This speech, though in substance the same as that from the fortress stairs of Jerusalem (Ac 22:1-29), differs from it in being less directed to meet the charge of apostasy from the Jewish faith, and giving more enlarged views of his remarkable change and apostolic commission, and the divine support under which he was enabled to brave the hostility of his countrymen. 1-3. Agrippa said--Being a king he appears to have presided. Paul stretched forth the…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 26:3

• Court
• Defense
• Flattery
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

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• Instantly
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• Persuade

Commentaries on Acts 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings