Acts 26:32

Acts 26:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cesar.
• New International Version (NIV)Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Context of Acts 26:32

30Then King Agrippa, the ruler Festus, and Bernice all got ready to leave. Everyone else there also stood up. 31After they left the meeting room, they said to each other, ‘This man has not done anything bad. We should not kill him, or even hold him in prison.’ King Agrippa said to Festus, ‘We could have let this man go free from the prison. But he has asked that Caesar should judge him. So we cannot let him go free.’

Acts 26:32 word by word

Ἀγρίππας δὲ τῷ Φήστῳ ἔφη· ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, εἰ μὴ ἐπεκέκλητο Καίσαρα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• saidφημίphēmi · to assertG5346
• AgrippaἈγρίππαςAgrippas · AgrippaG67
• unto Festusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• unto FestusΦῆστοςPhēstos · FestusG5347
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• might have beenδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• set at libertyἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• ifεἰei · if: notG1487
• he hadἐπικαλέωepikaleomai · to call (on)/nameG1941
• notμήmē · notG3361
• unto CesarΚαῖσαρKaisar · CaesarG2541

Cross-references for Acts 26:32

• Acts 25:11Have I done something bad that you should kill me for it? If that is true, then I will agree to it. It is right that I should die. But these Jews are not speaking true words against me. Nobody should let them take hold of me. So now I ask you to send me to Caesar himself. I want him to be the judge.’
• Acts 28:18The Roman rulers asked me questions about what I had done. They discovered that I had not done anything wrong. There was no reason that they should kill me. So they wanted to let me go free.

Commentaries on Acts 26:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Then said Agrippa, etc. - The king himself, who had participated in the strongest emotions on the occasion, feels himself prompted to wish the apostle's immediate liberation; but this was now rendered impracticable, because he had appealed to Caesar; the appeal was no doubt registered, and the business must now proceed to a full hearing. Bp. Pearce conjectures, with great probability, that Agrippa, on his return to Rome, represented Paul's case so…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Then said Agrippa unto Festus … - This is a full declaration of the conviction of Agrippa, before whom the cause had been heard, that Paul was innocent. It is an instance, also, where boldness and fidelity will be attended with happy results. Paul had concealed nothing of the truth. He had made a bold and faithful appeal Acts 26:27 to Agrippa himself for the truth of what he was saying. By this appeal Agrippa had not been offended. It had only served to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-32Verses 24-32 It becomes us, on all occasions, to speak the words of truth and soberness, and then we need not be troubled at the unjust censures of men. Active and laborious followers of the gospel often have been despised as dreamers or madmen, for believing such doctrines and such wonderful facts; and for attesting that the same faith and diligence, and an experience like their own, are necessary to all men, whatever their rank, in order to their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32Paul could have been set free because the legal verdict was evident (26:31). However, if he had not appealed to Caesar, Paul might not have survived (25:1–11). By appealing, he was fulfilling God's purposes for him (23:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3230-32. when he had thus spoken, the king rose--not over-easy, we may be sure.Read the comment

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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