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Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation, and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, how that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king! <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.</p> <p class="hdg">Festus Interrupts Paul's Defense</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning doth turn thee to madness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/acts/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>