Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 26:27-28

"King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian." — Acts 26:27-28 (ASV)

Believest thou the prophet, I know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

A great deal of effort has been put forth to prove that Agrippa did not say anything of the kind, but that he was only laughing at Paul when he ironically said, "Are you going to make me a Christian so easily as this?" If so, the reply of Paul was singularly inappropriate; but taking Agrippa's words to be as they appear here, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian, Paul's answer can be well understood.