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

1So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense: 2“Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today, because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently. 4Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem. 5They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Especiallyμάλισταmalista · especiallyG3122
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• to beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• expertγνώστηςgnōstēs · expert inG1109
• in allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• customsἔθοςethos · customG1485
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• questionsζήτημαzētēma · a question/disputeG2213
• which areτεte · and/bothG5037
• amongκατάkata · according toG2596
• the Jewsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• I beseechδέομαιdeomai · to prayG1189
• to hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• patientlyμακροθυμώςmakrothumōs · patientlyG3116

Cross-references for Acts 26:3

• Acts 26:26For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.
• Acts 6:14For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
• Acts 21:21They have been informed about you – that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.
• Acts 24:10When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.
• Acts 25:19Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.
• Acts 28:17After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.
• Deuteronomy 17:18When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests.
• 1 Corinthians 13:2And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
• Acts 24:4But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

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

• Above
• Agrippa II.
• Beside
• Corner
• Disobedient
• Incredible
• Instantly
• James
• Mad
• 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