Acts 26:1
Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and proceeded to make his defense:
Agrippa was Herod Agrippa II, not to be confused with his father Herod Agrippa I (see kemasukan for Acts 25:22).
Acts 26:11
“And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
(a) I punished them. It is the nature of the law to accuse, convict, charge, condemn and punish.
(b) Blaspheme. The original verb blasphēmeō means “to malign” (e.g., Tit. 3:2), “to abuse” (e.g., Mark 15:29), “to speak evil of” (e.g., Rom. 14:16), or “to slander” (e.g., Rom. 3:8). It is speaking falsely of someone in a way that injures their good name.
Kisah Para Rasul 26:12
“Ketika aku sedang dalam perjalanan ke Damsyik dengan kuasa dan tugas dari imam-imam kepala,
Damsyik. The Damascus Road conversion of Saul is one of the most dramatic scenes in the Bible and the story is told no less than three times (Acts 9:3-6, 22:6-11, 26:13-18).
Kisah Para Rasul 26:13
Pada tengah hari, ya Raja, dalam perjalanan aku melihat cahaya dari langit, yang lebih terang daripada matahari, bersinar semua di sekelilingku dan mereka yang dalam perjalanan bersamaku.
Lebih terang daripada matahari. This was not a metaphorical light but a light bright enough to blind Saul (Acts 22:11). What exactly did Saul see?
Although we can’t prove it, it’s possible that Saul was blinded by the face of Jesus. On a couple of occasions in scripture, Jesus shone like the sun. “He was transfigured before them; and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as light” (Matt 17:2, see also Rev. 1:16). Barnabas told the disciples that Saul “had seen the Lord on the road” (Acts 9:27).
Kisah Para Rasul 26:14
“Dan ketika kami semua rebah ke tanah, aku mendengar suara yang berkata kepadaku dalam dialek Ibrani, 'Saul, Saulus, mengapakah kamu menganiaya Aku? Sukar bagi kamu untuk menendang lawan.'
(a) dialek Ibrani. Beberapa terjemahan Alkitab mempunyai Tuhan bercakap bahasa Aram biasa, tetapi perkataan asal di sini bermaksud Ibrani (bahasa Ibrani). (Aram bukan dialek Ibrani tetapi bahasa yang berasingan.) Tuhan bercakap kepada Saul dalam bahasa ibundanya dan dalam bahasa Bible Ibrani. Dia tidak bercakap dengannya dalam bahasa Yunani.
(b) Saul; see kemasukan for Acts 7:58.
Kisah Para Rasul 26:18
untuk membuka mata mereka, supaya mereka berbalik dari kegelapan kepada terang dan dari kekuasaan Iblis kepada Allah, supaya mereka mendapat pengampunan dosa dan mendapat warisan di antara mereka yang telah dikuduskan oleh iman kepada-Ku.'
(a) Beralih dari kegelapan kepada terang. Dalam perjanjian baru, pertaubatan sering digambarkan sebagai kembali atau berpaling kepada Tuhan (lihat kemasukan for Acts 26:20).
(b) Terima pengampunan. Memaafkan adalah hadiah untuk diterima, bukan upah untuk diperoleh.
(c) Pengampunan dosa. All your sins – past, present, and future – were dealt with on the cross (Heb. 9:26). In Christ, you have the forgiveness of sins (Col. 1:14). In him, you are completely and eternally forgiven according to the riches of his grace (Eph. 1:7).
Pada malam Dia bangkit daripada kematian, Yesus mengarahkan murid-murid-Nya untuk mengkhabarkan berita baik tentang pengampunan atau pengampunan sepenuhnya semua dosa (lihat kemasukan for Luke 24:47). After the cross, the apostles described forgiveness in the past tense and as a gift to receive (see kemasukan for Acts 13:38).
(d) Mereka yang telah disucikan. Throughout scripture, Christians are consistently referred to as sanctified saints (Acts 20:32, 26:18, Rom. 1:7, 12:1, 15:25, 1 Cor. 1:2, 6:11, 16:1, 2 Cor. 1:1, Eph. 1:1, Php. 1:1, Col. 1:2, Phm. 1:5, Heb. 2:11, 10:10, 14, 13:24, Jude 1:1).
Christians are holy because Jesus makes them so (Heb. 10:10, 14). Collectively Christians are known as a holy priesthood and a holy nation (1 Pet. 2:5, 9). The church is both God’s holy temple (1 Cor. 3:16-17, Eph. 2:21), and the Lord’s radiant and holy bride (Eph. 5:27).
(e) Dikuduskan. To be sanctified is to be made holy or whole and in Christ you are completely complete (Col. 2:10). Jesus is the Holy One (Mark 8:38), and “if the root is holy, so are the branches” (Rom. 11:16). Christians are holy branches connected to the Holy Vine. See entry for Holiness.
(f) Dikuduskan oleh iman. Semua berkat Tuhan, termasuk pengampunan, keselamatan, kebenaran dan pengudusan, datang kepada kita dengan cuma-cuma melalui anugerah dan diterima dengan iman. Iman tidak memaksa Tuhan untuk mengampuni kita atau menyucikan kita. Tetapi iman adalah saluran yang melaluinya rahmat mengalir. Lihat kemasukan for Eph. 2:8.
Kisah Para Rasul 26:20
tetapi terus mengisytiharkan kedua-duanya kepada orang-orang Damsyik dahulu, dan juga di Yerusalem dan kemudian ke seluruh wilayah Yudea, dan bahkan kepada orang-orang bukan Yahudi, bahawa mereka harus bertaubat dan berbalik kepada Tuhan, melakukan perbuatan yang sesuai dengan pertobatan.
(a) Damascus; see kemasukan for Acts 9:3.
(b) Jerusalem was both the home of Judaism and the birthplace of the New Testament church. Although many of the believers had left Jerusalem on account of persecution, the original apostles were still there (Acts 8:1).
(c) Bertaubat dan kembali kepada Tuhan. In the new covenant, repentance is often described as a return or turning to God (Matt. 13:15, Mark 4:12, Acts 3:19, 9:35, 11:21, 14:15, 20:21, 26:17-18, 20, 2 Cor. 3:16, 1 Th. 1:9).
Many scriptures in the Old Testament link repentance with turning from sin (e.g., 2 Chr. 7:14). In the old covenant, God’s blessings were conditional on you humbling, praying, seeking, and turning. But in the new covenant, all of God’s blessings are poured out on us of the riches of his grace (Eph. 1:3, 7, 2:7).
Because of the change in covenants, it is a mistake to define repentance as turning from sin. Preach “turn from sin or you’re not saved” and you are preaching pure law. You are prescribing sin-rejection as a means for salvation. This false gospel leaves sinners worse off because it empowers the sin that enslaves them while scorning the grace that might otherwise save them (1 Cor. 15:56).
Dalam perjanjian lama, pertaubatan menyiratkan perubahan daripada, sebagai giliran dari dosa. Tetapi dalam yang baru, pertaubatan bermakna satu perubahan kepada, as in turn to God (Acts 20:21). Berpaling dari lawan beralih kepada mungkin kelihatan seperti membelah rambut, tetapi ia adalah perbezaan antara hidup dan mati. Seseorang yang berpaling kepada Tuhan secara automatik berpaling dari dosa dan perbuatan yang sia-sia, tetapi seseorang yang berpaling dari dosa tidak secara automatik berpaling kepada Tuhan. Pertimbangkan orang Farisi yang beragama. Mereka berpaling dari dosa setiap hari namun mereka tidak mengenali Rahmat Tuhan walaupun ketika Dia datang dan berdiri di antara mereka.
Lihat kemasukan untuk Taubat.
(d) Melakukan perbuatan yang sesuai dengan taubat. Sama seperti iman tanpa perbuatan adalah mati, pertobatan tanpa perbuatan adalah mati.
Faith and repentance are two sides of the same coin. They are both nouns that are evidenced by verbs – the things we do. So what are the deeds which are appropriate to repentance? The New Testament lists hundreds of imperative statements but the chief of all is to believe in Jesus. Believing in Jesus is both the will, the work and the commandment of God (John 6:29, 40, 1 John 3:23). See kemasukan for Jas. 2:14.
Acts 26:21
“For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death.
For this reason. Paul is drawing a conclusion based on what he has just said. “For this reason” was one of Paul’s favorite sayings. See kemasukan for Rom. 1:26.
Kisah Para Rasul 26:22
“Maka, setelah mendapat pertolongan daripada Tuhan, saya berdiri hingga hari ini memberi kesaksian kepada yang kecil mahupun yang besar, tidak menyatakan apa-apa selain apa yang dikatakan oleh Nabi dan Musa akan berlaku;
(a) Setelah mendapat pertolongan dari Allah. Asking God for help in our time of need is how we receive grace (Heb. 4:16). God is our very great Helper who rides across the heavens to help us (Deu 33:26). He is our very present help in times of trouble (Ps. 46:1). See kemasukan for Heb. 13:6.
(b) Musa berkata. Musa mempunyai wahyu tentang Kristus yang akan datang; lihat kemasukan for Acts 7:37.
Acts 26:28
Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.”
A Christian. A follower of Christ; see kemasukan for Acts 11:26.
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