What Does Acts 26:2 Mean in the King James?
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The chance to answer for yourself is called flourishing, even while the accusation remains.
THE MEANING
You can be accused and still recognize a flourishing moment in being able to give your own account. The charge does not erase your voice or decide your whole standing.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie this undoes is that being accused means you are already defeated or must be silenced.
THE ROOT
μακάριον
makarion
GROWS FROM
μακαρ-
makar-
Flourishing, fortunate, blessed.
“happy” in this verse is makarion. This word names more than a passing feeling: it describes a state of flourishing. The same word family appears where people are called flourishing for enduring hardship, so accusation does not automatically cancel that state.
ALSO GROWS
makarizō: to call someone flourishing or blessed
μακαρίζω
In James 5:11, this verb is used of those who endure; flourishing can be recognized even when circumstances are hard.
makarismos: flourishing, blessedness, or a pronouncement of blessedness
μακαρισμός
This noun names a condition of flourishing, making the word family broader than momentary happiness.
ἀπολογεῖσθαι
apologeisthai
GROWS FROM
λογ-
log-
Speech, account, or reasoned word; in this compound, a defense offered in response.
The verb translated “answer” means to make a defense or give an account. Its connection to the Greek word family for speech and account shows that this answer is a case the speaker can articulate, not merely a reply.
ALSO GROWS
apología: a defense or account offered in response
ἀπολογία
This noun names the kind of answer the verse describes: a person giving their own case.
lógos: word, speech, or account
λόγος
This related word makes visible the speech and reasoning inside the act of answering.
ἐγκαλοῦμαι
enkaloumai
GROWS FROM
καλέω
kaleō
To call, summon, or invite.
The verb for being accused belongs to a call-and-summons word family: the accused person is called to account. That call creates the very occasion for the speaker to answer in their own voice.
ALSO GROWS
klētos: called or invited
κλητός
This related form shows the call-root can also describe someone summoned or invited.
ekklēsia: assembly
ἐκκλησία
The assembly shares the call-root, linking a public gathering with the act of calling people together.
THE PATTERN
Accusation can demand an answer without owning a person’s standing or silencing their voice.
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.THE THREAD
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.The Greek verb ἐγκαλέω (enkaleō), meaning “accuse” or “call to account,” underlies “accused” here and “lay ... to the charge” in Romans. The two verses place the accusation and the accused person’s standing in the same hearing, without letting the charge settle the matter.
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