KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 26:1–3
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Acts 26:1
1THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
1¶ Then Agrippa said vnto Paul, Thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched foorth the hand, and answered for himselfe,
Acts 26:2
2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
2I thinke my selfe happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answere for my selfe this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Iewes:
Acts 26:3
3Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
3Especially, because I know thee to be expert in all customes and questions which are among the Iewes: wherefore I beseech thee to heare mee patiently.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 26:1
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow, suffer, or give leave.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Drawn out in length; extended; exerted to the utmost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Replied or responded; spoke in answer to a person, statement, or situation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 26:2
To form or hold a thought; to judge, suppose, intend, consider, remember, imagine, or esteem, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically the distinction between the speaker and unother person.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Blessed, favoured, prosperous, fortunate, or experiencing joy and well-being.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
For the reason that; since.
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A reply or response; as a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Concerning or regarding; also coming into physical contact.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Of which; of what.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
Charged with a crime, by a legal process; charged with an offense; blamed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Members of the Jewish people; Hebrews or Israelites identified as Jews.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Acts 26:3
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Especially
Chiefly; particularly; in an uncommon degree; in reference to one person or thing in particular.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Skilful, practised, or highly knowledgeable.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Matters asked, examined, or disputed; inquiries or subjects of debate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Members of the Jewish people; Hebrews or Israelites identified as Jews.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To ask earnestly; to implore, entreat, or plead with.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Without agitation, uneasiness or discontent; without undue haste or eagerness; with calm and constant diligence.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
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Open the full verse study2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
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Open the full verse study51Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
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Open the full verse study24¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
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Open the full verse study1MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
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Open the full verse study16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
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Open the full verse study13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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Open the full verse study17He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
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Open the full verse study21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
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Open the full verse study27Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
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Open the full verse study14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
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Open the full verse study26For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
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Open the full verse study2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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Open the full verse study21And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
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Open the full verse study10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
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Open the full verse study4Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
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Open the full verse study19But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
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Open the full verse study26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
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Open the full verse study7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
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Open the full verse study17And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
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Open the full verse study18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
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