07/07/2025 – Day 351 – Acts 25 & 26 / Sections: Ch 25: “Appeal To Caesar”/ “King Agrippa and Bernice Visit Festus” / “Paul Before Agrippa” // Ch 26: “Paul’s Defence Before Agrippa” / “Paul’s Account of His Conversion and Commission” / “Not Quite Persuaded” (Festus)
I am going to provide chapter summary commentary once again, for the interplay of key players is intense:
Chapter 25:
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/acts/25.html
Chapter 26:
https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/acts/acts-26.cfm
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Check out this commentary on 26: 22-23 from “The Apologetics Study Bible”: “Paul insisted his message of Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection did not go beyond what was found within the OT itself. He probably had in mind passage such as Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12.”
This section in Isaiah is titled: “The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation”. Paul makes a good argument here: The prophesied Messiah was show in the Old Testament was both a “Suffering Servant” and a “Conquering King”. Of course, the Jews focused the later and ignored the former. And so would we if we had been in their shoes.
Soli Deo Gloria!
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Thoughts? Reflections? Questions? Prayer.
Questions for fellowship generation, the lifelong sanctification process:
- What does the text reveal about God’s character?
- How has this reading generated prayer for you and/or us?
- What themes stand out to you in this bible study?
- How does our reading fit into the bigger picture (creation, the fall, restoration, etc.)?
- What verse(s) jumped out at you like never before? Is it explainable at this point?
- Do you have any questions you would like to put before the group as to how to interpret any particular verse(s) in our reading. Let scripture testify to scripture: Share with us where you sense contradiction between passages elsewhere.
- What did you find convicting and inspiring at the same time? Share with us how the Spirit of God is working within you as a messenger, both within and outside of our fellowship group.
- Share with the group how our study is calling or confirming to you a new mission to glorify God in our times.