Acts 26
| Acts 26 | |
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.jpg) Acts 26:7-8, 20 in Greek in Papyrus 29, written in 3rd century. | |
| Book | Acts of the Apostles |
| Category | Church history |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 5 |
Acts 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[2]
Text
- The original text is written in Koine Greek.
- Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Papyrus 29 (3rd century; extant: verses 7-8, 20)
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
- Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 1-18)
- Codex Laudianus (ca. AD 550)
- This chapter is divided into 32 verses.
Location
The events in this chapter took place in Caesarea.
Structure
This chapter can be grouped:
- Acts 26:1–11 = Paul’s Early Life
- Acts 26:12–18 = Paul Recounts His Conversion
- Acts 26:19–23 = Paul’s Post-Conversion Life
- Acts 26:24–32 = Agrippa Parries Paul’s Challenge
Verse 32
- Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”[3]
See also
References
- ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ Acts 26:32
