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<a href="../acts/22.htm">Acts 22:1-21</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>‘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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things — both customs and questions — among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth — which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem — know do all the Jews, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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; <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, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved [me] many things to do, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>‘In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests — <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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! <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>‘Whereupon, 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 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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill [me]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>‘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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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.’</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, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, ‘Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and he saith, ‘I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Agrippa said unto Paul, ‘In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying — ‘This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/26-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and Agrippa said to Festus, ‘This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.’</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<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="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></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><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>