Today, I am reading and commenting on Acts 26-28.

The first thing which I took particular notice of happened during Paul’s hearing before Governor Festus and King Agrippa.  When Paul spoke of Jesus rising from the dead, Festus interrupted to tell him he was crazy.  Paul responds by appealing to Agrippa’s knowledge of what had happened.  Paul’s exchange with Agrippa suggests to me that those with connections in Jerusalem knew that Jesus’ resurrection could not be dismissed out of hand, knew that there were facts for which the simplest explanation was that Jesus had indeed risen from the dead.  Agrippa was not ready to accept the implications of believing that Jesus had risen from the dead, but he did not dismiss the claim as crazy.  In many ways, Agrippa’s unwillingness to accept Christ is one of the saddest things we read in the Bible.  In his heart, Agrippa knew the truth, but was unwilling to give up the privileges of his life to follow Jesus.  Nevertheless let us be like Paul and never stop trying to bring people to the Lord.

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