Focused Passage

Acts 26:19-23

Paul Before Agrippa: The Risen Christ Sends Light to Jews and Gentiles

Paul gives his defense before Agrippa, roots his faith in Israel’s resurrection hope, recounts his persecution and conversion, explains Christ’s commission to the Gentiles, proclaims prophetic fulfillment through the suffering and risen Messiah, and is again declared innocent of death-worthy charges.

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19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

21For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

23that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

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Verse 19

Original words

So thenὍθενG3606ConjunctionKingβασιλεῦG935Noun - Vocative Masculine SingularAgrippaἈγρίππαG67Noun - Vocative Masculine SingularI wasἐγενόμηνG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person SingularnotοὐκG3756AdverbdisobedientἀπειθὴςG545Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularto theτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularheavenlyοὐρανίῳG3770Adjective - Dative Feminine SingularvisionὀπτασίᾳG3701Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 20

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-ἀλλὰG235Conjunction-τεG5037ConjunctionFirstπρῶτόνG4412Adverb - Superlativeto thoseτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionDamascusΔαμασκῷG1154Noun - Dative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionJerusalemἹεροσολύμοιςG2414Noun - Dative Neuter PluralthenτεG5037Conjunctionto everyoneπᾶσάνG3956Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singularin theτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularregionχώρανG5561Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularof JudeaἸουδαίαςG2449Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularand thenκαὶG2532Conjunctionto theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralGentilesἔθνεσινG1484Noun - Dative Neuter PluralI declared thatἀπήγγελλονG518Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularthey should repentμετανοεῖνG3340Verb - Present Infinitive ActiveandκαὶG2532ConjunctionturnἐπιστρέφεινG1994Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivetoἐπὶG1909Preposition-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularGodΘεόνG2316Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularperformingπράσσονταςG4238Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine PluraldeedsἔργαG2041Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralworthyἄξιαG514Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural[of their]τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularrepentanceμετανοίαςG3341Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 21

Original words

For this reasonἕνεκαG1752Preposition. . .τούτωνG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Pluralthe JewsἸουδαῖοιG2453Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralseizedσυλλαβόμενοιG4815Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine PluralmeμεG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular-ὄνταG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter Singulartemple [courts]ἱερῷG2411Noun - Dative Neuter Singular[and] triedἐπειρῶντοG3987Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Pluralto kill [me]διαχειρίσασθαιG1315Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle

BSB notes

  • Literally the temple
Verse 22

Original words

[But]οὖνG3767ConjunctionI have hadτυχὼνG5177Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularvvvἀπὸG575PrepositionvvvτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularGod’sΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularhelpἘπικουρίαςG1947Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulartoἄχριG891PrepositionthisταύτηςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulardayἡμέραςG2250Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular[and] I stand [here]ἕστηκαG2476Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularto testifyμαρτυρόμενοςG3143Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singularto smallμικρῷG3398Adjective - Dative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiongreatμεγάλῳG3173Adjective - Dative Masculine SingularalikeτεG5037ConjunctionI am sayingλέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularnothingοὐδὲνG3762Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularbeyondἐκτὸςG1622PrepositionwhatὧνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural-τεG5037ConjunctiontheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralprophetsπροφῆταιG4396Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionMosesΜωϋσῆςG3475Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularsaidἐλάλησανG2980Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralwouldμελλόντωνG3195Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter PluralhappenγίνεσθαιG1096Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Verse 23

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thatεἰG1487ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularChristΧριστόςG5547Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwould sufferπαθητὸςG3805Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular[and as the]εἰG1487ConjunctionfirstπρῶτοςG4413Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularto riseἀναστάσεωςG386Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularfromἐξG1537Preposition[the] deadνεκρῶνG3498Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralwouldμέλλειG3195Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularproclaimκαταγγέλλεινG2605Verb - Present Infinitive ActivelightφῶςG5457Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular-τεG5037ConjunctiontoτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine Singularour peopleλαῷG2992Noun - Dative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionto theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralGentilesἔθνεσινG1484Noun - Dative Neuter Plural

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