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Acts 26 — Sermon Preparation
Paul delivers his most detailed defense before King Agrippa, recounting his conversion and his call to bring the gospel to the Gentiles. Below is a research summary for Acts 26, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 25
- classic sermon excerpts
- 8
- preachers & commentators
Acts 26 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ἀγρίππας | Agríppas | G67 | 6 | Agrippa |
| βασιλεύς | basileús | G935 | 7 | king |
| Παῦλος | Paûlos | G3972 | 6 | Paul, Paulus |
| πράσσω | prássō | G4238 | 4 | commit, deeds, do, exact |
| Ἰουδαῖος | Ioudaîos | G2453 | 5 | Jew, of Judæa |
| φημί | phēmí | G5346 | 4 | affirm, say |
| ἀπολογέομαι | apologéomai | G626 | 3 | answer, make defence, excuse, speak for self |
How preachers through history handled this text
25 public-domain excerpts on Acts 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 salvation. But apostles and prophets, and the Son of God himself, were exposed to this charge; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 26:24–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Acts 26:10
- Damascus— Acts 26:12
- Judea 1— Acts 26:20
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