Hechos 26:1

1 Y Agripa dijo a Pablo: Se te permite hablar en tu favor. Entonces Pablo, extendiendo la mano, comenzó su defensa:

Hechos 26:1 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:1

Then Agrippa said unto Paul
After Festus had made the above speech to him, and to all present, and had introduced the affair of Paul, who now stood before them:

thou art permitted to speak for thyself;
which a prisoner might not do, until he had leave; and this leave was granted by Festus the Roman governor, who was properly the judge, and not Agrippa, though the permission might be by both; and so the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "we have ordered", or "permitted thee"

Then Paul stretched forth the hand;
as orators used to do, when they were about to speak; or else to require silence; or it may be to show the freedom of his mind, and how ready he was to embrace the opportunity of pleading his own cause; being conscious to himself of his innocence, and relying on the ingenuity and integrity of his judge; and especially of the king, before whom he stood:

and answered for himself;
or made an apology, or spoke in vindication of himself, in order to remove the charges brought against him.

Hechos 26:1 In-Context

1 Y Agripa dijo a Pablo: Se te permite hablar en tu favor. Entonces Pablo, extendiendo la mano, comenzó su defensa:

2 Con respecto a todo aquello de que los judíos me acusan, me considero afortunado, oh rey Agripa, de poder presentar hoy mi defensa delante de ti,

3 sobre todo, porque eres experto en todas las costumbres y controversias entre los judíos; por lo cual te ruego que me escuches con paciencia.

4 Pues bien, todos los judíos conocen mi vida desde mi juventud, que desde el principio transcurrió entre los de mi pueblo y en Jerusalén;

5 puesto que ellos han sabido de mí desde hace mucho tiempo, si están dispuestos a testificar, que viví como fariseo, de acuerdo con la secta más estricta de nuestra religión.