Acts 26

The King James Version, with what the brothers preached on each verse.

Hear Acts 26 read aloud

Acts 26 read by Alexander Scourby, from his channel Scourby YouBible. It carries on into Acts 27.

Verses with a small gold number are preached on in the sermons. Click the verse to see what the brothers said about it. Members can select any words to highlight verses and keep notes.

¹Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

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:

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.

⁴My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

⁵Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁶And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

1 sermon on Acts 26:6

“Acts 26:6 Let's go back where Paul gives his testimony.”
Why He is Here #5aLee Vayle, October 20, 1982

⁷Unto 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.

⁸Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

5 sermons on Acts 26:8

“Okay, It tells you, Act 26:8.”
Presence #2Lee Vayle, May 9, 1981
“All right, Acts 26:8.”
Presence #3Lee Vayle, May 13, 1981
“Paul over in Acts 26:8, he said, "You think it's a thing incredible that God should raise the dead?"”
What is His PurposeLee Vayle, July 9, 1982
“It is in Acts 26:8.”
Paradox #7Lee Vayle, April 8, 1984
“Acts 26:8””
Your Proportion Of Faith - PreliminaryLee Vayle, 1966

⁹I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

¹⁰Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them .

¹¹And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

1 sermon on Acts 26:11

“Let's go to the Book of Acts 26:11-26.”
Presence #7Lee Vayle, June 3, 1981

¹²Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

4 sermons on Acts 26:12

“Let's go back to the Book of Acts 26:12.”
Ephesians # 5aLee Vayle, June 6, 1981
“Now let's go back and find out about that grace and apostleship, you've got to go to Acts 26:12-23, and I'm not going to read the whole thing.”
Presence #8Lee Vayle, June 10, 1981
“OK, let’s go to Acts 26: 12-15.”
Who Is This Melchisedec #28Lee Vayle, December 4, 1988

¹³At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

5 sermons on Acts 26:13

“Now, let's go to Acts 26:13, where Paul has his interview.”
Presence #12Lee Vayle, July 15, 1981
“We go to the Book of Acts 26:13.”
Presence #15Lee Vayle, September 5, 1981
“In Galatians 1:11-12; in Acts 26:13 he identified the Logos to Agrippa.”
Mechanics and DynamicsLee Vayle, September 6, 1981
“Let's go to Acts 26:13-15, get back there where Paul is giving his testimony.”
The Presence (Beaumont Tx 3881A) - NLV.Lee Vayle, November 12, 1981
“In Acts 26:13.”
Facts of Our Faith #1Lee Vayle, February 2, 1991

¹⁴And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

1 sermon on Acts 26:14

“So, we go to Acts 26:14-20.”
Spoken Word Is Original Seed BK1 #3Lee Vayle, December 27, 1992

¹⁵And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

2 sermons on Acts 26:15

“Acts 26:15, first.”
AbsoluteWilliam Branham, December 30, 1962
“Acts 26:15-18, is where we’re going next.”
How Does God OperateLee Vayle, June 6, 1982

¹⁶But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

1 sermon on Acts 26:16

“Okay, we go back to Acts 26:16-23.”
Paradox #8Lee Vayle, April 15, 1984

¹⁷Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

¹⁸To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

¹⁹Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

2 sermons on Acts 26:19

“Let’s notice how Paul used the Word relative to himself in Acts 26:19.”
Seed of Discrepancy #27Lee Vayle, February 25, 1996
“Now, notice how Paul uses the word ‘disobedient’ relative to himself in Acts 26:19.”
Seed of Discrepancy #28Lee Vayle, March 2, 1996. Names it 2 times.

²⁰But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

²¹For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me .

²²Having 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:

²³That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

²⁴And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

1 sermon on Acts 26:24

²⁵But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

2 sermons on Acts 26:25

“And it wasn’t done in a corner.”
Christ Risen Among UsLee Vayle, April 11, 1982
“Acts 26:25:”
Perfect Faith #8Lee Vayle, September 5, 1987

²⁶For 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.

5 sermons on Acts 26:26

“If you want to search the history books and all, you will find that there was a man named Jesus, there's no doubt of it.”
The Revelation of Jesus ChristLee Vayle, January 14, 1979
“Well, if it was not done in a corner when you are looking at what took place in Palestine, then how can you say this brand of ministry was done in a corner which rocked America and also Africa.”
Ephesians # 5Lee Vayle, May 31, 1981. Names it 2 times.
“Neither was this end-time Message of revelation and the ministry that forecasted done in a corner.”
Presence #8Lee Vayle, June 10, 1981
“It was done in the open and anybody could have come, and everybody did come and they saw it, but didn't do them any good.”
Presence #17Lee Vayle, October 31, 1981
“Bro. Branham said the same thing.”
This Day Scripture FulfilledLee Vayle, June 20, 1984

²⁷King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

²⁸Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

1 sermon on Acts 26:28

²⁹And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

1 sermon on Acts 26:29

“What was that?”
Easter Message (Padlocked)Lee Vayle, April 2, 1983

³⁰And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

³¹And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

³²Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.

King James Version