And{G1161} Agrippa{G67} said{G5346} unto{G4314} Paul,{G3972} Thou{G4671} art permitted{G2010} to speak{G3004} for{G5228} thyself.{G4572} Then{G5119} Paul{G3972} stretched forth{G1614} his hand,{G5495} and made his defence:{G626}

I think{G2233} myself{G1683} happy,{G3107} king{G935} Agrippa,{G67} that I am{G3195} to make my defense{G626} before{G1909} thee{G4675} this day{G4594} touching{G4012} all the things{G3956} whereof{G3739} I am accused{G1458} by{G5259} the Jews:{G2453}

especially{G3122} because thou{G4571} art{G5607} expert{G1109} in all{G3956} customs{G5037} and{G2532} questions{G1352} which are{G5607} among{G2453} the Jews:{G1485} wherefore{G1189} I beseech{G4675} thee{G3116} to hear{G191} me{G3450} patiently.

My{G3450} manner of life{G3767} then{G3303} from{G1537} my youth{G3503} up, which{G3588} was{G1096} from{G575} the beginning{G746} among{G1722} mine own{G3450} nation{G1484} and at{G1722} Jerusalem,{G2414} know{G2467} all{G3956} the Jews;{G2453}

having knowledge{G4267} of me{G3165} from the first,{G509} if{G1437} they be willing{G2309} to testify,{G3140} that{G3754} after{G2596} the straitest{G196} sect{G139} of our{G2251} religion{G2356} I lived{G2198} a Pharisee.{G5330}

And{G2532} now{G3568} I stand{G2476} [here] to be judged{G2919} for{G1909} the hope{G1680} of the promise{G1860} made{G1096} of{G5259} God{G2316} unto{G4314} our fathers;{G3962}

unto{G1519} which{G3739} [promise] our{G2257} twelve tribes,{G1722} earnestly{G1616} serving{G3000} [God] night{G3571} and{G2532} day,{G2250} hope{G1679} to attain.{G2658} And concerning{G4012} this{G3739} hope{G1680} I am accused{G1458} by{G5259} the Jews,{G2453} O {G67} king!{G935}

Why{G5101} is it judged{G2919} incredible{G571} with{G3844} you,{G5213} if{G1487} God{G2316} doth raise{G1453} the dead?{G3498}

I{G1473} verily{G3767} {G3303} thought{G1380} with myself{G1683} that I ought{G1163} to do{G4238} many things{G4183} contrary{G1727} to{G4314} the name{G3686} of Jesus{G2424} of Nazareth.{G3480}

And this{G3739} I{G4160} also{G2532} did{G4160} in{G1722} Jerusalem:{G2414} and{G2532} I{G1473} both{G2623} shut up{G2623} many{G4183} of the saints{G40} in prisons,{G5438} having received{G2983} authority{G1849} from{G3844} the chief priests,{G749} and{G5037} when they{G846} were put to death{G337} I gave{G2702} my vote{G5586} against{G2702} them.

And{G2532} punishing{G5097} them{G846} oftentimes{G4178} in{G2596} all{G3956} the synagogues,{G4864} I strove to make{G315} them blaspheme;{G987} and{G5037} being{G1693} exceedingly{G4057} mad{G1693} against them,{G846} I persecuted{G1377} them even{G2193} {G2532} unto{G1519} foreign{G1854} cities.{G4172}

Whereupon{G3739} as{G2532} I journeyed{G4198} to{G1519} Damascus{G1154} with{G3326} the authority{G1849} and{G2532} commission{G2011} of{G3844} the chief priests,{G749}

at{G2250} midday,{G3319} O king,{G935} I saw{G1492} on{G2596} the way{G3598} a light{G5457} from heaven,{G3771} above{G5228} the brightness{G2987} of the sun,{G2246} shining round about{G4034} me{G3165} and{G2532} them{G3588} that journeyed{G4198} with{G4862} me.{G1698}

And{G1161} when we{G2257} were all{G3956} fallen{G2667} to{G1519} the earth,{G1093} I heard{G191} a voice{G5456} saying{G2980} unto{G4314} me{G3165} {G2532} {G3004} in the Hebrew{G1446} language,{G1258} Saul,{G4549} Saul,{G4549} why{G5101} persecutest{G1377} thou me?{G3165} it is hard{G4642} for thee{G4671} to kick{G2979} against{G4314} the goad.{G2759}

And{G1161} I{G1473} said,{G2036} Who{G5101} art thou,{G1488} Lord?{G2962} And{G1161} the Lord said,{G2036} I{G1473} am{G1510} Jesus{G2424} whom{G3739} thou{G4771} persecutest.{G1377}

But{G235} arise,{G450} and{G2532} stand{G2476} upon{G1909} thy{G4675} feet:{G4228} for{G1063} to{G1519} this end{G5124} have I appeared{G3700} unto thee,{G4671} to appoint{G4400} thee{G4571} a minister{G5257} and{G2532} a witness{G3144} both{G5037} of the things wherein{G3739} thou hast seen{G1492} me, and{G5037} of the things wherein{G3739} I will appear{G3700} unto thee;{G4671}

delivering{G1807} thee{G4571} from{G1537} the people,{G2992} and{G2532} from the Gentiles,{G1484} unto{G1519} whom{G3739} {G3568} I send{G649} thee,{G4571}

to open{G455} their{G846} eyes,{G3788} that{G3588} they may turn{G1994} from{G575} darkness{G4655} to{G1519} light{G5457} and{G2532} from the power{G1849} of Satan{G4567} unto{G1909} God,{G2316} that they{G846} may receive{G2983} remission{G859} of sins{G266} and{G2532} an inheritance{G2819} among{G1722} them that{G3588} are sanctified{G37} by faith{G4102} in{G1519} me.{G1691}

Wherefore,{G3606} O king{G935} Agrippa,{G67} I was{G1096} not{G3756} disobedient{G545} unto the heavenly{G3770} vision:{G3701}

but{G235} declared{G518} both to them{G3588} of{G1722} Damascus{G1154} first{G4412} and{G2532} at Jerusalem,{G2414} and{G5037} throughout{G1519} all{G3956} the country{G5561} of Judaea,{G2449} and{G2532} also to the Gentiles,{G1484} that they should repent{G3340} and{G2532} turn{G1994} to{G1909} God,{G2316} doing{G4238} works{G2041} worthy{G514} of repentance.{G3341}

For{G1752} this cause{G5130} the Jews{G2453} seized{G4815} me{G3165} in{G1722} the temple,{G2411} and assayed{G3987} to kill{G1315} me.

Having{G5177} therefore{G3767} obtained{G5177} the help{G1947} that is from{G3844} God,{G2316} I stand{G2476} unto{G891} this{G3778} day{G2250} testifying{G3140} both{G5037} to small{G3398} and{G2532} great,{G3173} saying{G3004} nothing{G3762} {G1622} but{G5037} what{G3739} the prophets{G4396} and{G2532} Moses{G3475} did say{G2980} should{G3195} come;{G1096}

how that{G1487} the Christ{G5547} must{G3195} suffer,{G3805} [and] how that{G1487} he first{G4413} by the resurrection{G386} of{G1537} the dead{G3498} should proclaim{G2605} light{G5457} both to the people{G2992} and{G2532} to the Gentiles.{G1484}

And{G1161} as he{G846} thus{G5023} made his defense,{G626} Festus{G5347} saith{G5346} with a loud{G3173} voice,{G5456} Paul,{G3972} thou art mad; thy{G3105} much{G4183} learning{G1121} is turning{G4062} thee{G4571} {G1519} mad.{G3130}

But{G1161} Paul saith,{G5346} I am{G3105} not{G3756} mad,{G3105} most excellent{G2903} Festus;{G5347} but{G235} speak forth{G669} words{G4487} of truth{G225} and{G2532} soberness.{G4997}

For{G1063} the king{G935} knoweth{G1987} of{G4012} these things,{G5130} unto{G4314} whom{G3739} also{G2532} I speak{G2980} freely:{G3955} for{G1063} I{G5100} am persuaded{G3982} that none{G3756} {G5100} of these things{G5130} is hidden from{G2990} him;{G846} for{G1063} this hath not{G3756} been{G2076} done{G4238} in{G1722} a corner.{G1137}

King{G935} Agrippa,{G67} believest thou{G4100} the prophets?{G4396} I know{G1492} that{G3754} thou believest.{G4100}

And{G1161} Agrippa{G67} [said]{G5346} unto{G4314} Paul,{G1722} With but little{G3641} persuasion{G3982} thou wouldest fain make{G1096} me{G3165} a Christian.{G5546}

And{G1161} Paul{G3972} [said],{G2036} I{G302} would{G2172} {G302} to God,{G2316} that{G2172} whether with little or with much, not{G3756} thou{G4571} only,{G3440} but{G235} also{G2532} all{G3956} that hear{G191} me{G3450} this day,{G4594} {G2532} might {G1722} become{G4183} such{G5108} as{G3697} I{G2504} am,{G1510} except{G3924} these{G5130} bonds.{G1199}

And{G2532} the king{G935} rose up,{G450} and{G2532} the governor,{G2232} and{G5037} Bernice,{G959} and{G2532} they{G3588} that sat{G4775} with them:{G846}

and{G2532} when they had withdrawn,{G402} they spake{G2980} one{G4314} to another,{G240} saying,{G3754} This{G3778} man{G444} doeth{G4238} nothing{G3762} worthy{G514} of death{G2288} or{G2228} of bonds.{G1199}

And{G1161} Agrippa{G67} said{G5346} unto Festus,{G5347} This{G3778} man{G444} might have been{G1410} set at liberty,{G630} if{G1487} he had{G1941} not{G3361} appealed{G1941} unto Caesar.{G2541}