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Acts 26:26

Acts 26:26

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Unto for before, A.V.; is hidden for are hidden, A.V.; this hath not been for this thing was not, A.V. For the king, etc. Something in Agrippa's manner showed St. Paul that he was not unaffected by what he had heard.

And so with his usual quickness and tact he appeals to him to confirm the "words of truth and soberness" which he had just addressed to the skeptical Festus. I speak freely. He was indeed a prisoner and in chains, as he so touchingly said (in ), but the word of God in his mouth was not bound.

παρρησιαζόμενος (see ; ; ; ; ; and the frequent use of παρρησία).

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