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1
Agrippa
said
to
Paul
,
"You are permitted
to speak
for yourself."
Then
Paul
stretched
out his hand
and proceeded to make his defense:
2
"In regard
to all the things
of which
I am accused
by the Jews,
I consider
myself
fortunate,
King
Agrippa,
that I am about
to make my defense
before
you today;
3
especially
because you are an expert
in all
customs
and questions
among
the Jews;
therefore
I beg
you to listen
to me patiently.
4
"So then,
all
Jews
know
my manner of life
from my youth
up, which from the beginning
was spent
among
my own nation
and at Jerusalem;
5
since they have known
about me for a long time,
if
they are willing
to test
if
y,
that I lived
as a Pharisee
according
to the strictest
sect
of our religion.
6
"And now
I am standing
trial
for the hope
of the promise
made
by God
to our fathers;
7
the promise to which
our twelve tribes
hope
to attain,
as they earnestly
serve
God night
and day.
And for this
hope
,
O King,
I am being accused
by Jews.
8
"Why
is it considered
incredible
among
you people if
God
does raise
the dead?
9
"So then,
I thought
to myself
that I had
to do
many things
hostile
to the name
of Jesus
of Nazareth.
10
"And this
is just
what
I did
in Jerusalem;
not only
did I lock
up many
of the saints
in prisons,
having received
authority
from the chief priests,
but also
when they were being put to death
I cast
my vote
against
them.
11
"And as I punished
them often
in all
the synagogues,
I tried to force
them to blaspheme;
and being furiously
enraged
at them, I kept pursuing
them even
to foreign
cities.
12
"While
so
engaged as I was journeying
to Damascus
with the authority
and commission
of the chief priests,
13
at midday,
O King,
I saw
on the way
a light
from heaven,
brighter
than
the sun,
shining all around
me and those
who were journeying
with me.
14
"And when we had all
fallen
to the ground,
I heard
a voice
saying
to me in the Hebrew
dialect,
'
Saul,
Saul,
why
are you persecuting
Me? It is hard
for you to kick
against
the goads.'
15
"And I
said,
'Who
are You, Lord?'
And the Lord
said,
'I am
Jesus
whom
you are persecuting.
16
'
But get
up and stand
on your feet;
for this
purpose I have appeared
to you, to appoint
you a minister
and a witness
not only
to the things which
you have seen,
but also
to the things in which
I will appear
to you;
17
rescuing
you from the Jewish people
and from the Gentiles,
to whom
I am sending
you,
18
to open
their eyes
so that they may turn
from darkness
to light
and from the dominion
of Satan
to God,
that they may receive
forgiveness
of sins
and an inheritance
among
those
who have been sanctified
by faith
in Me.'
19
"So,
King
Agrippa,
I did not prove
disobedient
to the heavenly
vision,
20
but kept declaring
both
to those
of Damascus
first,
and also at Jerusalem
and then throughout all
the region
of Judea,
and even to the Gentiles,
that they should repent
and turn
to God,
performing
deeds
appropriate
to repentance.
21
"For this
reason
some Jews
seized
me in the temple
and tried
to put me to death.
22
"So,
having obtained
help
from God,
I stand
to this
day
testifying
both
to small
and great,
stating
nothing
but what
the Prophets
and Moses
said
was going
to take place;
23
that the Christ
was to suffer,
and that by reason
of His resurrection
from the dead
He would
be the first
to proclaim
light
both
to the Jewish people
and to the Gentiles."
24
While Paul was saying
this
in his defense,
Festus
said
in a loud
voice,
"Paul,
you are out of your mind!
Your great
learning
is driving
you mad."
25
But Paul
said,
"I am not out of my mind,
most excellent
Festus,
but I utter
words
of sober
truth.
26
"For the king
knows
about
these
matters, and I speak
to him also
with confidence,
since
I am persuaded
that none
of
these
things
escape his notice;
for this
has not been
done
in a corner.
27
"King
Agrippa,
do you believe
the Prophets?
I know
that you do."
28
Agrippa
replied to Paul,
"In a short time
you will persuade
me to become
a Christian."
29
And Paul
said, "I would wish
to God,
that whether
in a sh
or
t
or
long time,
not only
you, but also
all
who hear
me this day,
might become
such
as I am,
except
f
or
these
chains."
30
The king
stood
up and the governor
and Bernice,
and those
who were sitting
with them,
31
and when they had gone aside,
they began talking
to one another,
saying,
"This
man
is not doing
anything
worthy
of death
or
imprisonment."
32
And Agrippa
said
to Festus,
"This
man
might
have been
set free
if
he had not appealed
to Caesar."
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