Acts 26:19
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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12"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
13at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
15"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
17delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
20but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
21For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.
22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
25But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
26For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
28Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"
29Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
30The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
31When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
32Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
6It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.
7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
8I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
9"Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
10I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'
11When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
1Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
2"I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
3especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
17"It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
18and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
19I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
26Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.
27For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."
16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,
6Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
7which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
21"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"
19But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
13came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.
23So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
24Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
20Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,
21unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'"
17If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
14But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
13Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.
18For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
12For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
22Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
9The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;
3As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.