Kisah Para Rasul 26:1-7

Paul Offers His Defense

26:1 So Agrippa ¹  said to Paul, “You have permission ²  to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand ³  and began his defense: ⁴ 

26:2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, ⁵  I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today, 26:3 because you are especially ⁶  familiar with all the customs and controversial issues ⁷  of the Jews. Therefore I ask ⁸  you to listen to me patiently. 26:4 Now all the Jews know the way I lived ⁹  from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people ¹⁰  and in Jerusalem. ¹¹  26:5 They know, ¹²  because they have known ¹³  me from time past, ¹⁴  if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party ¹⁵  of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. ¹⁶  26:6 And now I stand here on trial ¹⁷  because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors, ¹⁸  26:7 a promise ¹⁹  that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God ²⁰  night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, ²¹  Your Majesty! ²² 

[26:1]  ¹ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:1]  ² tn Grk “It is permitted for you.”

[26:1]  ³ tn Or “extended his hand” (a speaker’s gesture).

[26:1]  ⁴ tn Or “and began to speak in his own defense.”

[26:2]  ⁵ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[26:3]  ⁶ tn BDAG 613 s.v. μάλιστα 1 states, “μ. γνώστην ὄντα σε since you are outstandingly familiar Ac 26:3.”

[26:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “several controversial issues.” BDAG 428 s.v. ζήτημα states, “in our lit. only in Ac, w. the mng. it still has in Mod. Gk. (controversial) question, issue, argument…Ac 15:2; 26:3. ζ. περί τινος questions about someth.…18:15; 25:19.”

[26:3]  ⁸ tn BDAG 218 s.v. δέομαι states, “In our lit. only w. the mng. to ask for something pleadingly, ask, request,” and then in section a.α states, “w. inf. foll.…Ac 26:3.”

[26:4]  ⁹ tn Grk “my manner of life.”

[26:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “nation.”

[26:4]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:5]  ¹² tn These words are repeated from v. 4 (“all the Jews know”). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, it was necessary to begin a new sentence at the beginning of v. 5 in the translation, but for this to make sense, the main verb ἵσασι ({isasi) has to be repeated to connect with the ὅτι (Joti) clause (indirect discourse) in v. 5.

[26:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “having known me from time past.” The participle προγινώσκοντες (proginwskonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[26:5]  ¹⁴ tn BDAG 866 s.v. προγινώσκω 2 has “Know from time past…προγινώσκοντές με ἄνωθεν Ac 26:5.” L&N 28.6 states, “‘they have already known me beforehand, if they are willing to testify’ Ac 26:5.”

[26:5]  ¹⁵ tn That is, strictest religious party. “Party” alone is used in the translation because “the strictest religious party of our religion” would be redundant.

[26:5]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on Pharisee in 5:34.

[26:6]  ¹⁷ tn BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.a.α has “κρίνεσθαι ἐπί τινι be on trial because of a thing Ac 26:6.”

[26:6]  ¹⁸ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[26:7]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “to which [promise] our twelve tribes…” The antecedent of the relative pronoun (the promise in v. 6) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:7]  ²⁰ tn Or “earnestly worship.” The object of this service, God, is omitted but implied: BDAG 587 s.v. λατρεύω states, “Without the dat. of the one to whom service is given: ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα κ. ἡμέραν λ. serve (God) earnestly night and day Ac 26:7.” Although clear from the context in Greek, “God” must be supplied as the recipient of the service for the modern English reader.

[26:7]  ²¹ tn Grk “I am being accused by the Jews.” The passive construction was simplified by converting it to an active one in the translation.

[26:7]  ²² tn Grk “O King!”