Acts 26:29

"Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”"

Key Reflection

Agrippa's question reveals his skepticism and subtle challenge to Paul’s message. By asking if Christianity can be "made" through mere persuasion, Agrippa hints at the depth of genuine conversion, suggesting that faith is more than a superficial change in belief or behavior.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 29. I would to God. I pray to God; I earnestly desire it of God. This shows (l.) Paul's intense desire that Agrippa, and all who heard him, might be saved. (2.) His steady and constant belief that none but God could incline them to become altogether Christians. Hence he expressed it as the object which he earnestly sought of God, that they might be true believers. Paul knew well that there was nothing that would overcome the reluctance of the human heart to be an entire Christian, but the grace and mercy of God. He had addressed to them the convincing arguments of religion; and he now breathed forth his earnest prayer to God that these arguments might be effectual.

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