Acts 26:28 (WEB)
Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“…the Holy Ghost grace so great, and triumphant in wisdom, that at last Agrippa himself the king of the Jews said, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” — editor's note: Ib. xxvi. 28. Cyril evidently understood ἐν ὀλίγῳ to mean “almost” (A.V.): but the more correct rendering is, “In brief thou wouldest persuade me to become a…
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“We are called Christians.” — editor's note: Acts xi. 26. “The word seems to have been in the first instance a nickname fastened by the heathen populace of Antioch on the followers of Christ, who still…
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