Acts 26:9

I verily thought with myself,.... This seems to be a correction of himself, why he should wonder at their ignorance and unbelief, particularly with respect to Jesus being the Messiah, and his…

I verily thought - I indeed μὲν men supposed. Paul here commences the account of his conversion, and states the evidence on which he judged that he was called of God to do what he had done. He begins…

Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise having only the power of other governors under the emperor, and, though not here…

contrary to the name i.e. to the faith of Jesus Christ, into whose name believers were to be baptized. Cp. Act 5:41, note. "Name" is constantly used in O. T. as the equivalent of "Godhead," and any…