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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 26 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//acts/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</a> > Acts 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/acts/26.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/25.htm" title="Acts 25">◄</a> Acts 26 <a href="../acts/27.htm" title="Acts 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Paul's Testimony to Agrippa<br /><span class="cross">(Acts 9:1-9; Acts 22:1-21)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Agrippa was saying to Paul, “It is permitted you to speak for yourself.”</p><p class="reg"> Then Paul, having stretched out the hand, began his defense: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Concerning all of which I am accused by <i>the</i> Jews, King Agrippa, I esteem myself fortunate before you, being about to defend myself today, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>you being especially acquainted with all the customs and also controversies of <i>the</i> Jews. Therefore I implore <i>you</i> to hear me patiently. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then indeed all the Jews know my manner of life which <i>is</i> from youth, having been from <i>its</i> beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>knowing me from the first, if they would be willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived <i>as</i> a Pharisee. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And now I stand being judged for <i>the</i> hope of the promise having been made by God to our fathers, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, serving in earnestness night and day, <i>the</i> hope concerning which 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 by you if God raises <i>the</i> dead? </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore I indeed in myself thought 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>which also I did in Jerusalem. And I also locked up many of the saints in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests; and they being put to death, I cast against <i>them</i> a vote. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And in all the synagogues, punishing them often, I was compelling <i>them</i> to blaspheme. And being exceedingly furious against them, I kept persecuting <i>them</i> even as far as to foreign cities, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>during which, journeying to Damascus with <i>the</i> authority and commission of the chief priests, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>at midday on the road, O king, I saw, a light from heaven above, the brightness of the sun, having shone around me and those journeying with me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And of all of us having fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language,<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Or ‘Aramaic’">a</a></span> <span class="red">‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? <i>It is</i> hard for you to kick against <i>the</i> goads.’</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’</p><p class="reg"> And the Lord said, <span class="red">‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But rise up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you a servant and a witness both of that which you have seen of Me, and of the things in which I will appear to you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>delivering you out from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you, <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 to God, <i>that</i> they may receive forgiveness of sins and <i>an</i> inheritance among those having been sanctified by faith in Me.’</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So then, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>but both first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I kept declaring to repent and to turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>On account of these things the Jews, having seized me being in the temple, were attempting to kill <i>me</i>. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Therefore having obtained help from God unto this day, I have stood bearing witness both to small and to great, saying nothing other than what both the prophets and Moses said was about to happen: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>that Christ would suffer. As first through resurrection from <i>the</i> dead, He is about to preach light both to our 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>Now of him saying these things in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! The great learning turns you to insanity!” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Paul says, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and sobriety. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For the king understands concerning these things, to whom also I speak using boldness. For I am persuaded none of these things are hidden from him, for none of these things is done in a corner. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Agrippa <i>said</i> to Paul, “Within so little <i>time</i> do you persuade me to become a Christian?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then Paul <i>said</i>, “I would wish anyhow to God, both in a little and in much, not only you but also all those hearing me this day to become such as I also am, except these chains.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then the king and the governor rose up, and Bernice and those sitting with them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and having withdrawn, they began speaking to one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of chains.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then Agrippa was saying to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>Aramaic</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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