26:1 So
Agrippa
said
to
Paul,
"You
have
permission
to
speak
for
yourself."
Then
Paul
stretched
out
his
hand
and
made
his
defense:
26:2 "I
consider
myself
fortunate
that
it
is
before
you,
King
Agrippa,
I
am
going
to
make
my
defense
today
against
all
the
accusations
of
the
Jews,
26:3 especially
because
you
are
familiar
with
all
the
customs
and
controversies
of
the
Jews.
Therefore
I
beg
you
to
listen
to
me
patiently.
26:4 "My
manner
of
life
from
my
youth,
spent
from
the
beginning
among
my
own
nation
and
in
Jerusalem,
is
known
by
all
the
Jews.
26:5 They
have
known
for
a
long
time,
if
they
are
willing
to
testify,
that
according
to
the
strictest
party
of
our
religion
I
have
lived
as
a
Pharisee.
26:6 And
now
I
stand
here
on
trial
because
of
my
hope
in
the
promise
made
by
God
to
our
fathers,
26:7 to
which
our
twelve
tribes
hope
to
attain,
as
they
earnestly
worship
night
and
day.
And
for
this
hope
I
am
accused
by
Jews,
O
king!
26:8 Why
is
it
thought
incredible
by
any
of
you
that
God
raises
the
dead
26:9 "I
myself
was
convinced
that
I
ought
to
do
many
things
in
opposing
the
name
of
Jesus
of
Nazareth.
26:10 And
I
did
so
in
Jerusalem.
I
not
only
locked
up
many
of
the
saints
in
prison
after
receiving
authority
from
the
chief
priests,
but
when
they
were
put
to
death
I
cast
my
vote
against
them.
26:11 And
I
punished
them
often
in
all
the
synagogues
and
tried
to
make
them
blaspheme,
and
in
raging
fury
against
them
I
persecuted
them
even
to
foreign
cities.
26:12 "In
this
connection
I
journeyed
to
Damascus
with
the
authority
and
commission
of
the
chief
priests.
26:13 At
midday,
O
king,
I
saw
on
the
way
a
light
from
heaven,
brighter
than
the
sun,
that
shone
around
me
and
those
who
journeyed
with
me.
26:14 And
when
we
had
all
fallen
to
the
ground,
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.'
26:15 And
I
said,
'Who
are
you,
Lord'
And
the
Lord
said,
'I
am
Jesus
whom
you
are
persecuting.
26:16 But
rise
and
stand
upon
your
feet,
for
I
have
appeared
to
you
for
this
purpose,
to
appoint
you
as
a
servant
and
witness
to
the
things
in
which
you
have
seen
me
and
to
those
in
which
I
will
appear
to
you,
26:17 delivering
you
from
your
people
and
from
the
Gentiles--to
whom
I
am
sending
you
26:18 to
open
their
eyes,
so
that
they
may
turn
from
darkness
to
light
and
from
the
power
of
Satan
to
God,
that
they
may
receive
forgiveness
of
sins
and
a
place
among
those
who
are
sanctified
by
faith
in
me.'
26:19 "Therefore,
O
King
Agrippa,
I
was
not
disobedient
to
the
heavenly
vision,
26:20 but
declared
first
to
those
in
Damascus,
then
in
Jerusalem
and
throughout
all
the
region
of
Judea,
and
also
to
the
Gentiles,
that
they
should
repent
and
turn
to
God,
performing
deeds
in
keeping
with
their
repentance.
26:21 For
this
reason
the
Jews
seized
me
in
the
temple
and
tried
to
kill
me.
26:22 To
this
day
I
have
had
the
help
that
comes
from
God,
and
so
I
stand
here
testifying
both
to
small
and
great,
saying
nothing
but
what
the
prophets
and
Moses
said
would
come
to
pass:
26:23 that
the
Christ
must
suffer
and
that,
by
being
the
first
to
rise
from
the
dead,
he
would
proclaim
light
both
to
our
people
and
to
the
Gentiles."
26:24 And
as
he
was
saying
these
things
in
his
defense,
Festus
said
with
a
loud
voice,
"Paul,
you
are
out
of
your
mind;
your
great
learning
is
driving
you
out
of
your
mind."
26:25 But
Paul
said,
"I
am
not
out
of
my
mind,
most
excellent
Festus,
but
I
am
speaking
true
and
rational
words.
26:26 For
the
king
knows
about
these
things,
and
to
him
I
speak
boldly.
For
I
am
persuaded
that
none
of
these
things
has
escaped
his
notice,
for
this
has
not
been
done
in
a
corner.
26:27 King
Agrippa,
do
you
believe
the
prophets
I
know
that
you
believe."
26:28 And
Agrippa
said
to
Paul,
"In
a
short
time
would
you
persuade
me
to
be
a
Christian"
26:29 And
Paul
said,
"Whether
short
or
long,
I
would
to
God
that
not
only
you
but
also
all
who
hear
me
this
day
might
become
such
as
I
am--except
for
these
chains."
26:30 Then
the
king
rose,
and
the
governor
and
Bernice
and
those
who
were
sitting
with
them.
26:31 And
when
they
had
withdrawn,
they
said
to
one
another,
"This
man
is
doing
nothing
to
deserve
death
or
imprisonment."
26:32 And
Agrippa
said
to
Festus,
"This
man
could
have
been
set
free
if
he
had
not
appealed
to
Caesar."