Acts 26 : 1 (YLT)
And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;` then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:
Acts 26 : 2 (YLT)
`Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,
Acts 26 : 3 (YLT)
especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things -- both customs and questions -- among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.
Acts 26 : 4 (YLT)
`The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth -- which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem -- know do all the Jews,
Acts 26 : 5 (YLT)
knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;
Acts 26 : 6 (YLT)
and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
Acts 26 : 7 (YLT)
to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;
Acts 26 : 8 (YLT)
why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
Acts 26 : 9 (YLT)
`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved *me many things to do,
Acts 26 : 10 (YLT)
which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,
Acts 26 : 11 (YLT)
and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining *them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.
Acts 26 : 12 (YLT)
`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --
Acts 26 : 13 (YLT)
at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;
Acts 26 : 14 (YLT)
and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!
Acts 26 : 15 (YLT)
`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
Acts 26 : 16 (YLT)
but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things *in which I will appear to thee,
Acts 26 : 17 (YLT)
delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,
Acts 26 : 18 (YLT)
to open their eyes, to turn *them from darkness to light, and from the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that is toward me.
Acts 26 : 19 (YLT)
`Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Acts 26 : 20 (YLT)
but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;
Acts 26 : 21 (YLT)
because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill *me .
Acts 26 : 22 (YLT)
`Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,
Acts 26 : 23 (YLT)
that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.`
Acts 26 : 24 (YLT)
And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;`
Acts 26 : 25 (YLT)
and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;
Acts 26 : 26 (YLT)
for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;
Acts 26 : 27 (YLT)
thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!`
Acts 26 : 28 (YLT)
And Agrippa said unto Paul, `In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!`
Acts 26 : 29 (YLT)
and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.`
Acts 26 : 30 (YLT)
And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,
Acts 26 : 31 (YLT)
and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;`
Acts 26 : 32 (YLT)
and Agrippa said to Festus, `This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.`
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