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“Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian” (Acts 26:28).
Right at the beginning, when Paul (then he was called Saul) was first saved, the Lord told Ananias that Paul would “bear my name before the Gentiles, and before kings” (Acts 9:15), and in this chapter Paul speaks before a lot of Roman dignitaries, including king Agrippa. Agrippa probably said these words in our verse in mockery, but they are a solemn warning to all who hear the gospel and do not believe it.
Agrippa was an important man, and likely did not think he needed the gospel. Sad to say, there is no record in the Bible that he ever got saved. Agrippa was one of the Herod family, and his father had been struck down by the Lord and was “eaten of worms” because he pretended to be a god. (See if you can find this story in the book of Acts.) He was actually Agrippa I, so this man in our verse was his son — Agrippa II, and this was his second warning from God. To be “almost persuaded” is still to be lost!
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