Episodes

Saturday, 23 March 2024 “To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. Acts 26:7 In the previous verse, Paul said, “And now, upon a hope, the ...

Friday, 22 March 2024 “And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. Acts 26:6 A literal rendering of the Greek is, “And now, upon a hope, the [promise] unto the fathers – a promise having been made by God ...

Thursday, 21 March 2024 “They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Acts 26:5 The words are more literally rendered, “Knowing me firstly, if they willed t...

Wednesday, 20 March 2024 “My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. Acts 26:4 More literally, it says, “Therefore, indeed, the manner of my life from youth, having bee...

Tuesday, 19 March 2024 “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. Acts 26:3 More literally, the Greek reads, “Especially, you being a knower of all the...

Monday, 18 March 2024 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, Acts 26:2 The NKJV reverses the order of the words, thus confusing the flow...

Sunday, 17 March 2024 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.”So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: Acts 26:1 A more literal translation would be, “And Agrippa said to Paul, ‘It is permitted for you...

Saturday, 16 March 2024 “For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him.” Acts 25:27 In the previous verse, Festus noted that he had nothing certain to write to Caesar concerning Paul. Hence, he was ...

Friday, 15 March 2024 “I have nothing certain to write to my lord concerning him. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the examination has taken place I may have something to write. Act...

Thursday, 14 March 2024 “But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him. Acts 25:25 The words are better translated as, “And I, finding nothing he has done wo...

Wednesday, 13 March 2024 And Festus said: “King Agrippa and all the men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he was not fit to live any l...

Tuesday, 12 March 2024 So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and had entered the auditorium with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at Festus’ command Paul was brought in.  Acts 25:23 In the previous v...

Monday, 11 March 2024 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.”“Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.” Acts 25:22 Note: You can listen to today’s commentary courtesy of our friends at “Bible in Ten” podcast. (Cli...

Sunday, 10 March 2024 “But when Paul appealed to be reserved for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send him to Caesar.” Acts 25:21 In the previous verse, Festus noted that he had asked Paul whether he was willing t...

Saturday, 9 March 2024 “And because I was uncertain of such questions, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters. Acts 25:20 A more literal translation is, “And I, being perplexed at the questi...

Friday, 8 March 2024 but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Acts 25:19 More literally, the Greek reads, “But certain questions concerning their own reli...

Thursday, 7 March 2024 “When the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation against him of such things as I supposed, Acts 25:18 The verbs need to be tweaked. More literally, it reads, “Concerning whom, having stood up, the accusers were bring...

Wednesday, 6 March 2024 “Therefore when they had come together, without any delay, the next day I sat on the judgment seat and commanded the man to be brought in. Acts 25:17 The Greek more literally says, “Therefore, they, having come together, h...

Tuesday, 5 March 2024 “To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’ Acts ...

Monday, 4 March 2024 “about whom the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, when I was in Jerusalem, asking for a judgment against him. Acts 25:15 In the previous verse, Festus laid Paul’s case before Agrippa the king, noting that ...

Sunday, 3 March 2024 When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying: “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix, Acts 25:14 In the previous verse, it noted that Agrippa, the king, and Bernice came down t...

Saturday, 2 March 2024 And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus. Acts 25:13 A more literal rendering is, “And some days having passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice came down to Caesarea, having saluted Festus”...

Friday, 1 March 2024 “Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, ‘You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!’” Acts 25:12 In the previous verse, Paul had appealed to Caesar as was his right as a Roman citizen. With t...

Thursday, 29 February 2024 “For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.” ...