 | George Thomas Chapman - Sermons, American - 1828 - 424 pages
...listener was compelled to reply. "Almostthou persuadest me to be a Christian." Paul answered and " said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also...day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds." The interrogatory itself has been adopted, as the foundation of the ensuing discourse,... | |
 | Charles Marsh - Clubs - 1828 - 254 pages
...before King Agrippa, is a fine piece of oratory : — particularly that part of it, where he says, ' I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that...day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds ?' " "I do, Sir," replied Mr. Fox, "and it strongly plains of Hindostan, reaped... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...that mou belieyest. 28. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me 10 be a Christian. 29. And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou,...hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether. ^>ch as J am, except these bonds. " 30. And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1828 - 126 pages
...prophets? I knoiv that thou believest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that not...only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were not only almost, but altogether such as I am—except these bonds." Now, without stopping to remark... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...the saints did 1 shut up in prison, &c. and being exceeding mad against them, I persecuted them, &c. I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me, &c. were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.— Acts xxvi. 9— 11 . 29.... | |
 | Ellen Gould Harmon White - Bible - 1911 - 656 pages
...involuntarily, ''Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. ' ' Earnestly the apostle made answer, "I would to God, that not only thou, but also all...day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am," adding, as he raised his fettered hands, "except these bonds." Festus, Agrippa, and Bernice might in... | |
 | Education - 1913 - 432 pages
...religion that we note the fierceness of this proselytism. But the spirit of it all is much the same. "I would to God, that not only thou, but also all...day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am," was the aspiration of a great proselyter. That is the idea exactly, taking a little wider meaning than... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1887 - 704 pages
...Then Agrippa said unto Saul, " Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." And Saul said, " I would that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were not only almost, but altogether such as I am, except these bonds." ' Here, with what an inimitable... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...that thou believest. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou pcrsuadest me to be a Christian. 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou,...day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. 30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bcrnice,... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1988 - 284 pages
...and affecting strokes of true oratory that ever was displayed either in the Grecian or Roman senate: "I would to God, that not only thou, but also all...day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds" (Acts 26:29). When the great earthquake shook the very foundations of 220 221 the... | |
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And 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. 
