Acts 26:24 Cross References - Wesley

²⁴ And as he was thus making his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning doth make thee mad.

²¹ And his relations hearing of it, came out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself.

¹⁵ And the Jews marvelled, saying, How doth this man know letters, having never learned?

⁴⁸ Then answered the Jews and said to him, Say we not well, That thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

⁵² Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead and the prophets; yet thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

²⁰ Many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear ye him? ²¹ Others said, These are not the words of one that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

³² And when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked: but others said, We will hear thee again concerning this.

¹ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye now my defence unto you.

²⁵ And as he reasoned concerning justice, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix being terrified, answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

¹⁹ But had certain questions against him, relating to their own religious worship, and about one Jesus that was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. ²⁰ And as I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked, If he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters?

¹¹ And frequently punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

²³ to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness:

¹³ Which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, explaining spiritual things by spiritual words. ¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit; for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake; but ye are wise in Christ: we are weak; but ye are strong: ye are honourable; but we are despised.

¹³ For if we are transported beyond ourselves, it is to God; if we are sober, it is for your sakes.