Teks -- Acts 26:22 (NET)

26:22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Act 26:22 - Having therefore obtained

Having therefore obtained ( oun tuchōn ).

Second aorist active participle of old verb tugchanō .

Robertson: Act 26:22 - The help that is from God

The help that is from God ( epikourias tēs apo tou theou ).

Old word from epikoureō , to aid, and that from epikouros , ally, assister. Only here in N.T. God is Paul’ s ally. All of the plots of the Jews against Paul had failed so far.

Robertson: Act 26:22 - I stand

I stand ( hestēka ).

Second perfect of histēmi , to place, intransitive to stand. Picturesque word (Page) of Paul’ s stability and fidelity (cf. Phi 4:1; Eph 6:13).

Robertson: Act 26:22 - Both to small and great

Both to small and great ( mikrōi te kai megalōi ).

Dative singular (rather than instrumental, taking marturoumenos middle, not passive) and use of te kai links the two adjectives together in an inclusive way. These two adjectives in the singular (representative singular rather than plural) can apply to age (young and old) or to rank (Rev 11:18) as is specially suitable here with Festus and Agrippa present. In Act 8:10 (Heb 8:11) the phrase explains pantes (all).

Robertson: Act 26:22 - Saying nothing but what

Saying nothing but what ( ouden ektos legōn hōn ).

"Saying nothing outside of those things which."The ablative relative hōn is attracted into the case of the unexpressed antecedent toutōn and so ablative after ektos (adverbial preposition common in lxx, the papyri. In N.T. here and 1Co 6:18; 1Co 15:27; 2Co 12:2.). Cf. Luk 16:29 about Moses and the prophets.

Vincent: Act 26:22 - Help of God

Help of God ( ἐπικουρίας τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ )

Lit., " help that is from God." The article defines the nature of the help more sharply than A. V. The word for help originally meant alliance.

Wesley: Act 26:22 - Having obtained help from God

When all other help failed, God sent the Romans from the castle, and so fulfilled the promise he had made, Act 26:17.

JFB: Act 26:22-23 - having obtained help

"succor."

JFB: Act 26:22-23 - from God

"that [which cometh] from God."

JFB: Act 26:22-23 - I continue

"stand," "hold my ground."

JFB: Act 26:22-23 - unto this day, witnessing, &c.

That is, This life of mine, so marvellously preserved, in spite of all the plots against it, is upheld for the Gospel's sake; therefore I "witnessed," &c.

Clarke: Act 26:22 - Having - obtained help of God

Having - obtained help of God - According to the gracious promise made to him: see Act 26:17

Clarke: Act 26:22 - Witnessing both to small and great

Witnessing both to small and great - Preaching before kings, rulers, priests, and peasants; fearing no evil, though ever surrounded with evils; nor slackening in my duty, notwithstanding the opposition I have met with both from Jews and Gentiles. And these continual interpositions of God show me that I have not mistaken my call, and encourage me to go forward in my work.

TSK: Act 26:22 - obtained // witnessing // none // the prophets

obtained : Act 26:17, Act 14:19, Act 14:20, Act 16:25, Act 16:26, Act 18:9, Act 18:10, Act 21:31-33, Act 23:10,Act 23:11, Act 23:16-22; 1Sa 7:12; Ezr 8:31; Psa 18:47, Psa 66:12, Psa 118:10-13, Psa 124:1-3, Psa 124:8; 2Co 1:8-10; 2Ti 3:11, 2Ti 4:17, 2Ti 4:18

witnessing : Act 20:20-27; Rev 11:18, Rev 20:12

none : Act 26:6, Act 3:21-24; Luk 24:27, Luk 24:44, Luk 24:46

the prophets : Act 24:14, Act 28:23; Mat 17:4, Mat 17:5; Luk 16:29-31; Joh 1:17, Joh 1:45, Joh 3:14, Joh 3:15, Joh 5:39, Joh 5:46; Rom 3:21; Rev 15:3

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Act 26:22 - I continue unto this day // Witnessing both to small and great // The prophets and Moses

I continue unto this day: that Paul, continued till then alive, notwithstanding all the fraud and force of his enemies, is acknowledged by him to be from God; from whence he infers towards his justification, that what he had done was but in a becoming gratitude towards that God who had maintained him in life unto that very day.

Witnessing both to small and great witnessing to all sorts, princes or people; implying, that the truths of the gospel, and the things of God, concerned Agrippa as well as the meanest of his auditors; and indeed with God there is no respect of persons, and that we are all one in Christ Jesus, Gal 3:28 .

The prophets and Moses Moses was himself also a prophet, but he is here made especial mention of, because of his excellency above the other prophets, (unto whom God spoke face to face), as also because he was the lawgiver to the Jews, and to whom, upon all occasions, they pretended to yield obedience.

Gill: Act 26:22 - Having therefore obtained help of God // I continue unto this day // witnessing both to small and great // saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come

Having therefore obtained help of God,.... Both to preach the Gospel, and escape danger; for he had delivered him many a time both from Jews and Gentiles, according to his promise, Act 26:17 and particularly from the Asiatic Jews, when they were about to kill him, by the means of Lysias the chief captain, who rescued him out of their hands; and also from the lying in wait of the Jews to take away his life, and the various methods they used both with Felix and Festus to get him into their power: but the Lord appeared for him, and saved him from all their pernicious designs against him; and therefore he could say as follows,

I continue unto this day: in the land of the living, though in bonds:

witnessing both to small and great; to kings and subjects, as now to Agrippa, Festus, the chief captains and principal inhabitants of Caesarea, and to the common people assembled; to high and low, rich and poor, bond and free, male and female, young and old; to persons of every state, age, and sex:

saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come. This he mentions in opposition to the charge against him, as that he spoke against the law of Moses, as well as against the temple, and the people of the Jews; whereas his doctrine was perfectly agreeable to the writings of Moses, and the prophets, concerning the Messiah, they speak of in many places, and the Jews expected. There is an entire harmony and agreement between the writings of Moses, and the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New, in all the doctrines of the Gospel revelation; in the doctrine of a trinity of persons in the unity of the divine essence, and of the proper deity of each person; in the doctrines respecting the person, offices, and work of Christ; that he is the Son of God, God and man in one person, and the only Mediator between God and man; and that he is prophet, priest, and King; and that the great work he was appointed to, undertook, and came about, and has fulfilled, is the redemption of his people; and in the several doctrines of grace concerning the choice of men to salvation, the covenant made with Christ on account of them, their redemption, justification, and pardon, their repentance and good works, the resurrection of the dead, and a future state: the particular things instanced in, the apostle preached, and Moses and the prophets said should be, and in which they agreed, are as follow.